Microbial Mysteries Wrap Up Video Update
While exploring hydrothermal vent and cold seep environments, Dr. Mandy Joye and her interdisciplinary research team were witness to amazing geological, chemical and biological discoveries....
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Thom Hoffman / SOI
Deep Ocean Viruses – Video Update
Microorganisms in the dark ocean are critical to keeping the ocean healthy. "It is these viruses that we know next to nothing about and that...
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ROV SuBastian / SOI
The End and the Beginning
As we embarked on this expedition, I included the tagline ‘mesmerizing landscapes and microbial wonderlands’ in the introductory blog post. I knew we were going...
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ROV SuBastian / SOI
4K ROV Highlights – Video Update
"It is one of the most magnificent things I have ever seen in the natural world." See and learn about the areas studied on the...
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Annabel Slater
Animation Versus Oil Paint
I intend take my experience on Falkor and morph it into a playable game or interactive fiction for people to learn more about ocean research....
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ROV SuBastian/SOI
Landers and In Situ Sensors – Video Update
"The time here is precious, and we are here to maximize that." SOI has been deploying various landers and samplers to do in situ experiments...
MoreTubeworms – Microbial Mysteries Video Update
In exploring the hydrothermal vent ecosystems on this #MicrobialMysteries expedition, the researchers have seen many colonies of tubeworms. These are amazing creatures: tubeworms may be...
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ROV SuBastian / SOI
Diving Deeper
I have spent my whole life as an ocean enthusiast, spending a considerable amount of time in, around, and on the water. For the past...
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Thom Hoffman/SOI
Crashing a Microbial and Viral Party in the Deep Sea
The deep sea is a hostile environment to most life. There is little by the way of food or other resources. To make matters worse,...
MoreWhat You Can Sea
I have, of course, been thinking about being a crab. I am a yeti crab, contentedly passing my days picking up bits of the seafloor...
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Thom Hoffman/SOI
Mapping the Early Formation of the Oceans
When I was a girl, we traveled to Puebla to visit my grandparents in a town near the Popocatépetl volcano. The fumaroles (smoke) scared me,...
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ROV SuBastian/SOI
Big Pagoda Pools – Microbial Mysteries Video Update
This spectacular underwater volcano was just explored for the first time by scientists aboard the R/V Falkor. 2000 meters below the surface of the ocean,...
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ROV SuBastian/SOI
The Discovery of Riftia
Greetings from Guaymas basin! My name is Jessica Mitchell and I am in my fifth year of working on my PhD at Harvard University with...
MoreMicrobial Mysteries – Week 01 Video Update
"I don't know exactly what we are going to find, but we are going to learn something incredible... This is the type of place where...
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SOI/Thom Hoffman
Using Radium Isotopes to Study Hydrothermal Flow Dynamics in the Gulf of California
Hello everyone! My name is Charlotte Kollman and I am a graduate student in the Groundwater Discharge Measurement Facility at Coastal Carolina University. I am...
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