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Two people wearing hard hats are silhouetted by the Sun rise in the distance as they look out over the ocean from a research vessel.
Posted inScience Updates

Unlocking Climate Secrets of Hawai‘i’s Drowned Reefs

by Jody M. Webster and Christina Ravelo 11 April 202511 April 2025

Researchers set sail to study sea levels, climate, ecosystem responses, and volcanic histories over the past 500,000 years, using an innovative seabed drill to sample fossilized reefs off Hawai‘i.

An illustration of a midsize remotely operated vehicle. The vehicle resembles a yellow box with lights and mechanical arms attached.
Posted inNews

Two ROVs to Join the U.S. Academic Research Fleet

by Grace van Deelen 11 March 202513 March 2025

The midsize remotely operated vehicles, supported by federal grants, will help meet growing demand for submersible research vehicles.

Four scientists celebrate with karaoke on the deck of the JOIDES Resolution.
Posted inOpinions

Expedition 403: Sailing the Last Expedition of the JOIDES Resolution

by Adriane Lam, Gryphen Goss and Nicole Greco 28 February 202528 February 2025

Early-career geoscientists share melancholy memories about hard science and intangible networks of collaboration.

The Alvin submersible hovers over and illuminates the seafloor near the rocky towers of a hydrothermal vent site.
Posted inScience Updates

An Upgraded Alvin Puts New Ocean Depths Within Reach

by Kenna Harmony Rubin, Anna P. M. Michel and S. Adam Soule 31 January 202513 March 2025

The newly retooled submersible, which has already returned fascinating new findings from Earth’s watery depths, is opening more of the deep ocean to direct human exploration.

A large blue research vessel floats in a channel.
Posted inNews

U.S. Academic Research Fleet to Add Three Smaller, More Nimble Vessels

by Grace van Deelen 27 January 202526 March 2025

A dire lack of investment in oceangoing vessels means the U.S. ocean sciences community is lagging, scientists say. Three new vessels will play a part in building capabilities.

Los participantes en un crucero de investigación para profesores de colegios de dos años utilizan lentes de microscopio acoplados a teléfonos inteligentes para observar muestras de plancton sobre una mesa en un laboratorio a bordo de un buque de investigación.
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Beneficios de empoderar al profesorado de geociencias de colegios comunitarios

by Tess Weathers, Sheldon Turner and Kusali Gamage 14 November 202414 November 2024

Crear colaboraciones y espacios hechos para el profesorado de colegios comunitarios puede mejorar su percepción de cómo encajan en la comunidad geocientífica y potenciar aún más la diversidad en la disciplina.

Research vessel FLIP, in its vertical position, floats in the ocean. It looks like the head of a spoon with scaffolding.
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Flipping Ship FLIP Freed from Fateful Trip

by Grace van Deelen 12 November 202413 November 2024

A beloved research vessel will have a second career after an underwater technology company saved it from the scrapyard.

Three people wearing orange safety jackets stand on the deck of a ship in the Arctic.
Posted inNews

Swedish Icebreaker Is the First to Dig Into Greenland’s Remote Victoria Fjord

by Grace van Deelen 13 September 202413 September 2024

Data collected aboard Oden will shed light on the dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

A cross section of a core taken from Earth’s mantle, is seen under a microscope.
Posted inNews

Lost City’s Plumbing Exposed by the Longest Mantle Core Ever Drilled

by Nathaniel Scharping 12 September 202412 September 2024

The core, which is 71% complete, reveals millions of years of geologic history and the plumbing underlying hydrothermal vents.

A narrow laser beam illuminates a point on a rocky seafloor outcrop surrounded by sand.
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Sensing Remote Realms of the Deep Ocean on Earth—and Beyond

by Anastasia G. Yanchilina, Laura E. Rodriguez, Roy Price, Laura M. Barge and Pablo Sobron 29 August 202417 October 2024

A novel laser-equipped probe is collecting measurements of deep-sea geochemical environments that once seemed impossible to gather, pointing the way toward future explorations of other ocean worlds.

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