Cruise Log

Getting Shallow with Schmidt Ocean Institute

In the marine submersible research community, the mantra is often: “Deeper, take me deeper!” This is for good reason: much of the world’s oceans remain unexplored,...

Wrap-up and Accomplishments ~ Week Four Video

As the #SeaLevelSecrets cruise comes to an end, we look back at this scientific expedition. Technology was used in pioneering ways - including a robotic...

Sea Level Secrets in the Middle of the Ocean

During this expedition we have studied both Penguin Bank in Hawaii and Palmyra Atoll, 1000 miles south of Hawaii. Dr. Ken Rubin has been exploring...

Seeking Answers to the Question of “When”

Exploration and the Heart of the Scientist

Science by nature is based on exploration, venturing into the unknown -  sometimes aided by information and other times shooting in the dark. History is...

Tech Tools

During the two legs of this expedition on R/V Falkor, the science team is studying coral reefs that drowned during periods of rapid sea level...

ROV, Data gathering and Sampling ~ Week Three Video

This week's #SeaLevelSecrets video gives an inside look at SuBastian's development and how it will be used on this expedition, as well as what researchers...

The Voyage to Palmyra Island and Kingman Reef

Research Vessel Falkor is on a mission, steaming full ahead for a tiny spec of land in the central Pacific Ocean called Palmyra Island. We do...

Techniques of Sea Level Research

Twenty thousand years ago, the ice-covered earth started melting, creating relatively large changes in sea level. Today the earth is still warming, glaciers are still...

Technology at the Seafloor

After a successful port call in Honolulu prepping remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian, we have safely completed our first dive to the seafloor! After piloting...

Students and Artist at Sea ~ Week Two Video

The #ArtistAtSea and #StudentOpportunity programs offered by Schmidt Ocean Institute aim to bring the knowledge, science, and technology far beyond the decks of R/V #Falkor. See and hear how the participants on...

Nested Mapping

Nested mapping refers to the simple concept of working from big maps at lower levels of detail to smaller areas at higher levels of detail....

Process, Collection, Interpretation ~ Artist-At-Sea

The last week has been a path with a significant learning curve for me. This has been in respect to the concepts within the specific...

Seeking Secrets ~ Week One Video

Sea level rise varies both locally and regionally, but how this will shape future coastal regions is still not clear. As the #SealLevelSecrets cruise gets...

Research Reconnaissance

This work is more than reconnaissance - in fact, much more. We want to know about what is on the seabed. What does it look like?...

Student Experiences and Stories

As students in marine geoscience, we use seafloor bathymetry maps often in our research. The undersea landscape is quite spectacular, but is seldom ever seen...

Commencing the Research

Since departing Honolulu, the science team and ship’s crew have been working around the clock gathering a tremendous amount of data - from both R/V...

Macro and Microscopic ~ Artist-At-Sea

Although this is a scientific research cruise, I am not a scientist: I am an artist and illustrator usually based in Edinburgh, Scotland. I am...

Science Meets Engineering: Seafloor Mapping

The acronym STEM is commonly used in education, standing for programs that feature Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. All of these studies are often grouped...

Reading the Reef

Coral reefs are like libraries for geologists.  All that colourful living biota is just a thin veneer on the surface - most of the reef...

Using the Past to Predict the Future

Can ancient coral help predict sea level rise in the future? As variability in our climate continues to take place, one of the most pressing concerns...