#iodp

[phylojennny]

Giant foraminifera that someone knitted! These are the creatures that Adriane studies and I got her some knitting patterns. The real creatures can fit on your pinky nail - tons of them! They are so tiny!

[scitechman]

Finding life — and farming minerals — deep under the sea

Finding life — and farming minerals — deep under the sea

Japanese researchers have access to the largest scientific vessel ever constructed, one that has a 120 metre tall derrick capable of drilling to 7500 metres below the seafloor. They’re using it to hunt for life deep under the seafloor and explore for mineral deposits at the bottom of the ocean — topics that are of great interest to Norwegian researchers.

When the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth…

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[inkondapaper-us]

I Bet You Bought A Mother's Day Card

I Bet You Bought A Mother’s Day Card

Seriously – I bet you bought a Mother’s Day card.  The majority of you, statistics show, bought more than 2.  According to the Greeting Card Association, about 133 Million Mother’s Day cards are sold each year.  The average per consumer, 2.8 Mother’s Day cards.  That’s a WHOLE LOTTA paper, ink, glitter, lace, and UV coating!  The greeting card industry as a whole is huge, but the next couple of…

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[americangeophysicalunion]

The DV Chikyu returns to sea and IODP operations on an exciting mission to recover and install observatories off Japan in Nankai. In this first episode from the expedition, scientists sail from Shimizu, Japan to tackle the first of several important targets - recovering an observatory deployed almost 6 years ago to see what surprises it holds in its data recorder.

Read more here: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/e/nantroseize/index.html

[fissurina]

(photo from wikipedia)

So I’m living/working on this puppy ^^^^^ for the next 2 months so things might get a bit quiet until I’m back on solid ground!!

I will take photos...of...water.... and every sunrise because that’s when i’ll be on shift.

[tuffschist]

Ever wonder what scientists do at sea? Well, here’s a new video from the US deep sea drilling vessel, the Joides Resolution. It’s quite accurate. I’d also recommend it for students and teachers interested in what scientists actually do.

[iwillblindyouwithscience]

The International Ocean Discovery Program U.S. Implementing Organization (IODP-USIO), operates the scientific riserless drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution. The IODP-USIO is composed of the Consortium of Ocean Leadership, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Borehole Research Group, and Texas A&M University's College of Geosciences. IODP is an international organization that conducts research into the evolution of Earth's surface, oceans, climate, and deep biosphere. IODP members include the USA, Japan, the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), People's Republic of China, Korea, the Australia/New Zealand Consortium (ANZIC), India, and Brazil. The program operated as the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program from October 2003 to September 2013.

[tuffschist]

For Christmas my father got me my own drilling ship! This plastic model set (1/700 scale) of the Chikyu is totally awesome. Putting it together is proving to be an adventure, since I don’t read Japanese. But I feel that having actually sailed on the ship should give me some advantage.