Environment
North Pond: Tick Tock
Follow Dr. Katrina Edwards, as she explores the microbial life at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean The calm before the storm is definitely over. I’m anxious to begin and nervous about leaving...
Expeditions
Evolution
North Pond: Calm before the Storm
Follow Dr. Katrina Edwards, as she explores the microbial life at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean We are two weeks from departure and things are eerily calm and quiet.
Evolution
North Pond: Searching for Intraterrestrial Life
Follow Dr. Katrina Edwards, as she explores the microbial life at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean Less than three weeks left on land. I can’t believe we are finally going to drill North Pond, after six years of project planning...
Evolution
Introducing Expedition 336 at North Pond
Note: We are very excited to start with a new series of dispatches from an expedition for our blog. Dr. Katrina Edwards is about to sail far into the Atlantic Ocean, drill deep into the ocean floor, and study the microbial communities found there...
The Sciences
Squid studies: Squid futures and a new path with new people
Editor's Note: William Gilly, a professor of biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, embarked on new expedition this month to study jumbo squid in the Gulf of California on the National Science Foundation –funded research vessel New Horizon ...
Biology
Squid Studies: Dealing with Collapse--Lessons from a Squid?
Editor's Note: William Gilly, a professor of biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, embarked on new expedition this month to study jumbo squid in the Gulf of California on the National Science Foundation–funded research vessel New Horizon ...
Dinosaurs
How does one measure eggshell thickness in dinosaurs?
Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D. Jackson and David J. Varricchio, professors in the Department of Earth Sciences, Dinosaur Paleontology at Montana State University and Jin Xingsheng, paleontologist and Vice Director of the Zhejiang Natural History Museum in Hangzhou, China...
Biology
Squid Studies: Saving the Sea of Cortez? We all need to help
Editor's Note: William Gilly, a professor of biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, embarked on new expedition this month to study jumbo squid in the Gulf of California on the National Science Foundation–funded research vessel New Horizon...
The Sciences
Squid studies: Southward-bound; "We had all felt the pattern of the Gulf...."--J. Steinbeck and E. F. Ricketts, Sea of Cortez (Viking, 1941)
Editor's Note: William Gilly, a professor of biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, embarked on new expedition this month to study jumbo squid in the Gulf of California on the National Science Foundation–funded research vessel New Horizon ...
Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Egg Clutches, Not as Simple as Chicken Eggs
Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D. Jackson and David J. Varricchio, professors in the Department of Earth Sciences, Dinosaur Paleontology at Montana State University and Jin Xingsheng, paleontologist and Vice Director of the Zhejiang Natural History Museum in Hangzhou, China...
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