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“Have you ever done a XBT cast?” John Fulmer asks. I have not, but I am excited to learn about another device used for deep-water oceanography. He hands me a cylindrical tube fastened in a holder that looks a bit like a caulk gun. At the point of the cylinder is a small pin that … Continued

Today I present another look at my art process aboard the Falkor. This unique residency presented a fantastic opportunity to focus and also brought unexpected challenges. Overall it has been an excellent learning experience. From macrobiology to microbiology and chemistry Before this voyage, most my collaborations with marine scientists have been with biologists studying relatively … Continued

Oceanographers, marine biologists, acoustic researchers, a Student Opportunities Participant, and an Artist-At-Sea: the team of the ‘Listening for Cryptic Whales Species’ cruise has come on board for an exciting cruise that focuses on investigating species of whales around the main Hawaiian Islands. This includes species of beaked whales, which have been called “the least understood … Continued

Check out the second video from one of our Student Opportunities participants, Jennifer Killinger. She takes a look at how Mixing Up the Tropical Pacific scientists on board Falkor are collecting oceanographic data with the CTD using Yo-Yo and Tow-Yo techniques.

If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the news in the last, say, two decades, you will know that the temperature of the ocean is increasing.

The science party and crew aboard R/V Falkor arrived at the first of sixteen stations on the expedition. The team deployed their first CTD rosette to look at oxygen levels in the ocean. Scientists and marine technicians gathered around the visual matrix to try and guess the amount of dissolved oxygen to be found. Everybody … Continued

How even ideal conditions at sea can be a challenge for a research vessel. The R/V Falkor is currently stationed at 1° North and 170° West, heading North, conducting a 10-day time-series, looking at small scale mixing throughout the Equatorial Pacific. Jennifer and I have been onboard for long enough to realize that conducting science … Continued

During the Hydrothermal Hunt, we have been searching for new hydrothermal vents in a vast unexplored stretch of the Mariana Back-arc, a zone where we know submarine volcanism occurs (at least occasionally), providing the heat for seafloor hot springs and their weird-and-wonderful chemosynthetic ecosystems. A few days ago, we had only 2 segments still to go … Continued

My name is Kate Malloy. Despite being an undergraduate student from James Cook University studying marine biology, I recently learned to look past all the fish in the sea on a student exchange to Hawaii and began to develop an interest in physical oceanography. I am currently on board the R/V Falkor learning how to … Continued

Up early again today for our first Nereus dive in earnest, heading down to 2250m at the top of Mt Dent, just West of the Von Damm hydrothermal field, for engineering tests. After a few concerns right before diving (waiting for the coffee to kick in and provide clarity) we were ready to go and … Continued