H. McGregor, Author at Eos

The MARPA project works to preserve metadata for specimens like this core sample from a coral colony near western Australia.

Science Updates

Saving Our Marine Archives

by E. Dassié, Kristine DeLong, H. Kilbourne, B. Williams, N. Abram, L. Brenner, C. Brahmi, K. M. Cobb, T. Corrège, D. Dissard, J. Emile-Geay, H. Evangelista, M. N. Evans, J. Farmer, T. Felis, M. Gagan, D. P. Gillikin, N. Goodkin, M. Khodri, A. C. Lavagnino, M. LaVigne, C. Lazareth, B. Linsley, J. Lough, H. McGregor, I. S. Nurhati, G. Ouellette, L. Perrin, M. Raymo, B. Rosenheim, M. Sandstrom, B. R. Schöne, A. Sifeddine, S. Stevenson, D. M. Thompson, A. Waite, A. Wanamaker and H. Wu 24 February 20177 October 2021

A concerted effort has begun to gather and preserve archives of marine samples and descriptive data, giving scientists ready access to insights on ancient environments.