Today the students are learning about the motion of the deep ocean and thermohaline circulation! We conducted an experiment to investigate how density changes with temperature and salinity.
Coring Day 2
Day 4 at sea
Hello from the MIDDLE of the Pacific! My name is Jessica Jean McPeak. I am a 20 year old junior undergraduate studying Visual Studio Arts at University of California San Diego. I have been acting videographer and photographer for documentation of our transit from my place of residence San Diego, CA to Honolulu, HI. As […]
Day 3 at sea
My name is Matthew Mullens, I am an Industrial Engineering major currently at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. Today on May 12, 2016 the STEMSEAS crew learned about the different sediment types (Calcareous, Siliceous, Terrigenous, Glaciogenic, and deep-sea clay sediment) on the ocean floor and where they could typically be found. It was […]
Styrofoam cups!
Do you know what happens when styrofoam cups travel to sea floor?
Happy Birthday Oscar!
May 9: Our first day on the ship!
About the author: My name is Raquel Bryant. I just completed my first year of graduate school at UMass Amherst with my advisor Mark Leckie, who is also sailing with us on this expedition. I am a micropaleontologist/paleoceanographer interested in Cretaceous climate and I am so excited for STEMSEAS! Our first day on the ship! […]
