The 2024 Early Career Chief Scientist Training cruise has wrapped up the at sea portion…
The opportunity to conduct experiments onboard a research vessel is thrilling, and often the most exciting part of being an…
Out on the vast North Pacific Ocean! Having embarked on what turned out to be a transformative journey aboard the…
As you may have seen in previous posts, marine snow (misc. detritus) has been a major theme of KM2414 as…
Scientists work long shifts to get science done at sea, sometimes under extreme weather – I type this as we…
Mushrooms are everywhere, popping up in gardens, forests, and even urban landscapes, showcasing an incredible diversity of shapes, sizes, and…
We are sampling within a phytoplankton bloom, or possibly after the peak of the bloom. When we check the water…
Every year in the late summer, the waters north of the Hawaiian Islands transform. This transformation is marked by the…
Two weeks ago, I was sitting in a conference room in Baltimore with 30 or so early career scientists…
Trying to study ocean microbes can be difficult when their natural watery habitat is so different from our laboratories.…