PUFINS Research Recap
Project Summary To summarize many weeks of work most succinctly, our June voyage aboard the R/V Atlantis was a success. We were able to recover the desired cores of … Read More
David Walker
Graduate Student Research
On this cruise, we were joined by seven graduate students pursuing their own paths of research. Over the course of the voyage, onboard educators were able to learn more … Read More
All About the Crew
The science conducted on the R/V Atlantis over the past two weeks wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of the ship’s crew. These dedicated professionals are all … Read More
Scientist’s Guide to Describing Mud
Collected sediment is described in detail on the ship, as soon as possible after core sections are split. It is important to record these observations quickly, as shrinkage and … Read More
All About Coring
We finally reaching our first coring sight off the coast of Nova Scotia at around 4:30 am on Sunday morning! Transects for coring had been previously established here using … Read More
The Holocene Conundrum
What has happened to global temperature over the past 10,000 years? There’s an odd mismatch between land-, sea-, and climate model-based estimates (1). This is referred to as the … Read More
Meet the R/V Atlantis
We all made it to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the R/V Atlantis! We leave port tomorrow (6/3/22), so I spent some time today exploring the ship. Here’s a … Read More
All About Alkenones
Our main purpose on the R/V Atlantis this summer will be to recover cores of deep-sea sediment in the North Atlantic, with the goal of reconstructing sea surface temperature … Read More