Thanks to Mr. Perry’s seventh-grade science classes at Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, New York for sending us some questions. Mr. Perry was my science teacher in seventh grade and it was great to be able to connect with some students

Thanks to Mr. Perry’s seventh-grade science classes at Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, New York for sending us some questions. Mr. Perry was my science teacher in seventh grade and it was great to be able to connect with some students

Thanks to Mr. Perry’s seventh-grade science classes at Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, New York for sending us some questions. Mr. Perry was my science teacher in seventh grade and it was great to be able to connect with some students

After more than two months away, we’re finally on our way home! COVID has meant that this cruise has been unusual in many ways, and the trip home is no different. A research cruise will usually only have a few

After finishing up our transect at 60 °S, we headed east. We’ve spent the past two weeks or so chasing interesting oceanographic features like eddies to see what they can teach us about phytoplankton in these waters. Eddies are sort

It’s hard to believe, but we’re nearing the end of our allotted science days (it’s also hard to believe that we’ll spend more than two weeks just to get back to port after science ends, but that’s a whole different

Most of the time when oceanographers talk about nutrients, they’re referring to nitrate and phosphate, which, along with carbon, make up the building blocks of life. But in addition to these major nutrients, phytoplankton need tiny amounts of certain metals

Sunday marked the halfway point of our cruise — 30 days passed at sea, 30 days to go. Coincidentally, we also reached our most southward point — 60 °S — early Sunday morning.  We’ve fallen into a slow, rolling rhythm on board

Although most are invisible to the naked eye, the ocean is chock-full of microscopic creatures called plankton. One subset of these is called phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are photosynthesizers, just like plants — they take in carbon dioxide, nutrients, and sunlight and make

Thanks to Mr. Wynar’s sixth-grade science class at St. Elizabeth’s School in Denver, Colorado for sending us some questions! Mr. Wynar’s class adopted the SOCCOM float “Hawk-eye”, which we deployed on Tuesday morning. (Hawk-eye is named for the pair of