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SOCCOM float observing system with ship track, float trajectories, and communication of the float data back to land.
Posted inFeatures

A Global Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory Becomes a Reality

by Oscar Schofield, Andrea Fassbender, Maria Hood, Katherine Hill and Ken Johnson 17 March 202221 December 2022

Building on the successful Argo network of seafaring temperature and salinity sensors, work is underway to deploy 1,000 floats equipped to study ocean biogeochemistry in greater detail than ever.

Aerial view looking over a coastal island city
Posted inFeatures

A Cagey Approach to Speedy and Safe Seafloor Deployments

by Pascal Pelleau, Ronan Apprioual, Antony Ferrant and Daniel Aslanian 11 March 20227 November 2024

Researchers devised a simple way to deliver ocean bottom seismometers accurately to the seafloor to study ongoing seismic and volcanic activity near the islands of Mayotte.

The voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa sails with Cape Town, South Africa, in the background.
Posted inNews

Navigating the Pacific with Wind, Waves, and Stars

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 24 February 20221 November 2022

Ancient Polynesian voyagers sailed thousands of kilometers with no maps or compasses; they followed nature’s clues. Using the same tools, the Moananuiākea Voyage will set sail from Alaska and circle the Pacific.

A sunset over the ocean is seen through rope netting on a ship
Posted inScience Updates

Mapping a River Beneath the Sea

by Sebastian Krastel and David C. Mosher 28 January 202214 March 2024

A recent expedition mapped one of the world’s longest submarine channels, revealing previously undiscovered physical features and raising questions about its unusual origin and shape.

JOIDES Resolution ocean drilling ship travels on the ocean against a backdrop of blue sky.
Posted inOpinions

An Ambitious Vision for the Future of Scientific Ocean Drilling

by Paula Bontempi 7 January 20228 August 2023

Scientific ocean drilling is an enduring paragon of global research, advancing knowledge of Earth and informing scientists and educators for 55 years. A new road map plots the way to further discovery.

Several people aboard a small motorboat in a fjord with a glacial ice cliff in the background
Posted inScience Updates

Arctic Unicorns and the Secret Sounds of a Glacial Fjord

by Evgeny A. Podolskiy 9 December 20213 February 2023

The successful deployment of a seafloor seismometer near the calving front of a Greenland glacier has opened a new avenue to study hidden glacial processes and the behavior of fjord-dwelling wildlife.

The research vessel CCGS Hudson in Southwind Fjord, Baffin Island, with the iceberg that initiated a submarine landslide in the background.
Posted inNews

An Iceberg May Have Initiated a Submarine Landslide

by Andrew Chapman 20 July 20218 November 2022

A new study shows that icebergs may initiate submarine landslides when they collide with the seafloor.

Microbes live in hydrothermal systems like this one on the East Pacific Rise.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Hydrothermal Vents May Add Ancient Carbon to Ocean Waters

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 7 July 202116 February 2023

Data from a long-distance research cruise provide new insights into carbon cycling in the eastern Pacific and Southern Oceans.

Grayscale scanning electron microscope image of an unpolished tetrahedral zircon crystal with two laser ablation pits, each between 25 and 30 micrometers in diameter
Posted inNews

Vestiges of a Volcanic Arc Hidden Within Chicxulub Crater

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 15 June 202129 September 2022

Scientists discovered magmatic remnants of a volcanic arc by dating granitic rocks of the middle crust excavated by, and hidden within, the Chicxulub impact crater.

Sediment cores retrieved from the Atacama Trench (top left) and sliced on board (top right)
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Deep Dive into Organic Carbon Distribution in Hadal Trenches

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 28 May 20219 November 2022

Researchers use sediment cores to study the amount and origin of sediment organic carbon in one of the least studied regions of the planet: hadal trenches.

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