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Schmidt Ocean Institute operates R/V Falkor as a technologically advanced scientific platform supporting multidisciplinary oceanographic research and technology development. Explore the diverse research expeditions that have taken place with our collaborators on-board.

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In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities

March 3, 2023 - April 11, 2023

Octopus Odyssey

June 2, 2023 - June 21, 2023

Health Diagnostics of Deep-Sea Coral

April 17, 2023 - May 6, 2023

Interdisciplinary Investigation of the Pescadero Basin

October 2, 2021 - November 10, 2021

Designing the Future 2

August 12, 2021 - August 21, 2021

Biodiverse Borderlands

July 26, 2021 - August 6, 2021

Discovering Deep-Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands 2

June 5, 2021 - July 8, 2021

Australian Mesophotic Coral Examination

April 9, 2021 - April 27, 2021

Seafloor to Seabirds in the Coral Sea

February 6, 2021 - March 6, 2021

Going with the Flow: Targeted Autonomous Drifting

Removed from schedule due to COVID-19

Pinging in the New Year: Mapping the Tasman and Coral Seas

December 28, 2020 - January 26, 2021

Ice Age Geology of the Great Barrier Reef

November 22, 2020 - December 22, 2020

Northern Depths of the Great Barrier Reef

September 30, 2020 - November 17, 2020

Seamounts, Canyons & Reefs of the Coral Sea

August 2, 2020 - August 30, 2020

Reconstructing Ritter

Removed from schedule due to COVID-19

Visioning the Coral Sea Marine Park

April 29, 2020 - June 15, 2020

Illuminating Biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons

March 8, 2020 - April 8, 2020

The Great Australian Deep-Sea Coral and Canyon Adventure

January 26, 2020 - February 26, 2020

Studying the Sea-Surface Microlayer 2

November 20, 2019 - December 23, 2019

Mapping The Gaps

October 31, 2019 - November 14, 2019

Listening for Cryptic Whales Species

October 21, 2019 - October 26, 2019

Designing the Future

October 12, 2019 - October 17, 2019

Necker Ridge: Bridge or Barrier?

August 31, 2019 - September 21, 2019

Deep Coral Diversity at Emperor Seamount Chain 2019

July 26, 2019 - August 26, 2019

Observing Seafloor Methane Seeps at the Edge of Hydrate Stability

June 12, 2019 - July 3, 2019

Seeking Space Rocks

May 29, 2019 - June 7, 2019

Microbial Mysteries: Linking Microbial Communities and Environmental Drivers

February 11, 2019 - March 14, 2019

Costa Rican Deep Sea Connections

January 6, 2019 - January 27, 2019

New Approaches To Autonomous Exploration At The Costa Rican Shelf Break

December 10, 2018 - December 23, 2018

Interdisciplinary Investigation of a New Hydrothermal Vent Field

October 31, 2018 - November 23, 2018

Characterizing Venting and Seepage Along the California Coast

October 5, 2018 - October 21, 2018

Hunting Bubbles: Understanding Plumes of Seafloor Methane

August 24, 2018 - September 20, 2018

Adaptive Robotics at Barkley Canyon and Hydrate Ridge

July 31, 2018 - August 16, 2018

The Seeping Cascadia Margin

July 22, 2018 - July 26, 2018

Solving Microbial Mysteries with Autonomous Technology

June 24, 2018 - July 17, 2018

Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots

May 28, 2018 - June 17, 2018

Voyage to the White Shark Café

April 20, 2018 - May 20, 2018

Eddy Exploration and Ecosystem Dynamics

March 10, 2018 - April 10, 2018

Coordinated Robotics Part 2: ʻAuʻAu Channel

January 19, 2018 - February 7, 2018

Filling the Gaps: Mapping Ellice Basin

December 24, 2017 - January 9, 2018

Underwater Fire: Studying the Submarine Volcanoes of Tonga

November 10, 2017 - December 17, 2017

Discovering Deep Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands

October 5, 2017 - November 1, 2017

Unraveling Ancient Sea Level Secrets

August 25, 2017 - October 4, 2017

Microplastics of the Alaskan Gulf

June 22, 2017

Sea to Space Particle Investigation

January 24, 2017 - February 20, 2017

Eyes Below the Surface: Mapping Johnston Atoll

December 29, 2016 - January 16, 2017

Searching for Life in the Mariana Back-Arc

November 29, 2016 - December 20, 2016

Study of the Sea-Surface Microlayer and Air-Sea Boundary

October 10, 2016 - November 9, 2016

A Changing River: Measuring Nutrient fluxes to the South China Sea

June 3, 2016 - June 19, 2016

Ecosystem Dynamics of Hydrothermal Vent Communities

April 7, 2016 - May 5, 2016

Virtual Vents: The Changing Face of Hydrothermalism Revealed

March 20, 2016 - April 1, 2016

Investigating Life without Oxygen in the Tropical Pacific

January 16, 2016 - February 11, 2016

Hydrothermal Hunt at Mariana

November 18, 2015 - December 15, 2015

Magnetic Anomalies at the World’s Largest Volcano

October 5, 2015 - November 10, 2015

Mixing Up the Tropical Pacific

July 28, 2015 - August 19, 2015

Unlocking Tsunami Secrets

May 23, 2015 - June 29, 2015

Timor Sea Reef Connections

April 10, 2015 - May 4, 2015

Coordinated Robotics

March 24, 2015 - April 6, 2015

Perth Canyon: First Deep Exploration

March 1, 2015 - March 12, 2015

Tracking the Tasman Sea’s Hidden Tide

January 17, 2015 - February 13, 2015

Expanding Mariana Trench Perspectives

December 15, 2014 - December 21, 2014

Exploring the Mariana Trench

November 9, 2014 - December 9, 2014

The Mysteries of Ontong Java

October 15, 2014 - November 2, 2014

The Iron Eaters of Loihi Seamount

June 25, 2014 - July 7, 2014

Net Gains at Station ALOHA

June 13, 2014 - June 19, 2014

Leg Two, Papahānaumokuākea Monument

May 2, 2014 - June 6, 2014

Deeper Views

April 18, 2014 - April 24, 2014

Leg One, Papahānaumokuākea Monument

March 7, 2014 - April 11, 2014

The Secret Lives of Whales

February 16, 2014 - February 22, 2014

Axial Seamount Cruise 2013

September 22, 2013 - October 4, 2013

Leg Two, Open Ocean to Inner Sea

September 9, 2013 - September 16, 2013

Leg One, Open Ocean to Inner Sea

August 18, 2013 - August 31, 2013

Falkor Visits San Francisco’s Exploratorium

August 6, 2013 - August 13, 2013

Serendipitous Side Trip

July 8, 2013 - July 13, 2013

Hydrothermal Exploration of the Mid-Cayman Rise

May 30, 2013 - June 30, 2013

Imaging the K-T Boundary

March 9, 2013 - March 29, 2013

Sustainability of Reef Fishes and Causes of Harmful Algal Blooms

October 8, 2012 - October 20, 2012

Long Term Effects of the Deep-water Horizon Oil Spill

October 6, 2012 - October 28, 2012

Mapping the South Texas Banks

September 17, 2012 - September 29, 2012

Deep Sea Coral Shakedown

August 26, 2012 - September 6, 2012

Trans-Atlantic Shakedown

July 12, 2012 - July 28, 2012

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🎶 We like big mysteries and we cannot lie 🎶—what enigma is greater than the origin of life on earth? Researchers on #FalkorToo look to the microbial life around serpentinization-driven hydrothermal venting for clues. Learn more at schmidtocean.org/cru… #LostCityVents pic.twitter.com/fJ5h…

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Sun's out, AUVs out as we continue to survey the East Kane Fracture Zone on the #LostCityVents expedition onboard #FalkorToo. Once a plume signal is detected by researchers, a vertical CTD and deployment of @MBARI_News AUVs follow to determine the location of our next ROV dive. pic.twitter.com/VEY9…

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RT @M_Davies 10cm Scale worm, anyone? Pretty darn cool if you ask me! 🪱Fun fact for the day: nearly 20,000 species of segmented worms are known today and ~10% are scale worms!! 🪱#FalkorToo #LostCityVents #Polychaetes #DeepSea pic.twitter.com/ITAG…

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RT @CaliKatBird #LostCityVents @SchmidtOcean #FalkorToo pic.twitter.com/caXt…

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That feeling when you've got fair winds, another area of the #MidAtlanticRidge to investigate, and a research vessel worthy of the #Falkor legacy 🙌 #FalkorToo. If you missed any of our recent #LostCityVents ROV dive livestreams, you can find replays at youtube.com/@Schmidt… pic.twitter.com/KoWy…

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