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Today is World Listening Day, which we celebrate on R. Murray Schafer’s birthday, a composer credited with co-founding the field of acoustic ecology. The day is a reminder to listen to the incredible world around us. This year’s theme is “Listening Across Boundaries,” inviting us to consider listening across cultures and branches of knowledge, as … Continued
“Hydrothermal vents and the dynamic ecosystems that live amid the darkness are vital to our beautiful planet and its cycles.” Explore geochemical and microbiological interactions, including chemosynthesis and symbiosis in final piece of this series. Come aboard Research Vessel Falkor and let SOI’s Science Communication intern Brittany Washington explain these wondrous and beautiful underwater features, … Continued
Hydrothermal vents are some of the most biologically active areas in the deep sea. Why? How can creatures not only survive, but *thrive* in areas with harsh chemicals, huge temperature differences, and crushing pressure? Come aboard Research Vessel Falkor and let SOI’s Science Communication intern Brittany Washington explain these wondrous and beautiful underwater features, as … Continued
How do interactions between the Earth’s rocky crust, molten core, and liquid oceans create hydrothermal vents? What exactly are these vents, and why are they interesting to researchers all over the world? Come aboard Research Vessel Falkor and let SOI’s Science Communication intern Brittany Washington explain these wondrous and beautiful underwater features, as well as … Continued
Most mornings during our month-long voyage on the Falkor from La Paz, Mexico, to Vigo, Spain, we would get up early so we could marvel at the sunrise from the ship’s top deck (in marine lingo – the monkey island or deck). It is a small deck located directly above the bridge, in the front … Continued
Robert Stackhouse and I (Carol Mickett) are on our 20th day aboard the Falkor. One way we keep track of days is by how many ice cubes (made of ocean water) we and the crew have thrown into the ocean. The array of ice cube paintings is a type of map of our journey since … Continued
The journey of science and art stands on the shoulders of the works of others who have gone before and is a never-ending story of the wonders of humanity and the world. After our 5th day of quarantine at the Hyatt in La Paz, Mexico, Dylan picks us up with all our luggage and art … Continued
Tectonic plates are in constant motion, slowly moving along the Earth’s mantle as hot magma circulates below. These slow-moving plates are responsible for the formation of the continents we know today as well as ocean basins. While most ocean basins take around 30 to 80 million years to form, the Gulf of California (GOC) formed … Continued
English translation below. Existen tres límites principales de placas tectónicas: Divergente, es el lugar en donde dos placas se separan, lo que origina que el material del manto ascienda y se forme un nuevo fondo oceánico de la litósfera oceánica. Convergente, donde la corteza se destruye cuando una placa se sumerge debajo de otra. Transformante, … Continued
One of the most well-known pop-cultural science references comes from the classic 1993 film “Jurassic Park.” Throughout the film a renegade mathematician specializing in chaos theory named Ian Malcolm (played by Jeff Goldblum) says, “Life finds a way.” The statement is true in reality, as well as in fictional worlds where dinosaurs walk among us. … Continued
