#scientificoceandrilling — Public Fediverse posts

While the onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Expedition501 are coming to an end, we’re not done meeting the people behind the science.

Today, meet Bryce Mitsunaga from
Harvard

➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/blog/

#NewEnglandShelfs #ScientificOceanDrilling

There goes the last core of #IODP3NSF #Exp501.

#lastCore #NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling #picoftheday

More Information ➡️ https://www.ecord.org/expedition501/

@MARUM @ANZIC @epc_leicester

For the first time, a science team has directly documented and extensively sampled a freshened water system beneath the ocean floor 🌊

Discover the first insights from #IODP3NSF #Expedition501➡️
https://go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https%3A%2F%2Fecord.org%2Fextensive-freshened-water-beneath-ocean-floor-confirmed%2F
#ScientificOceanDrilling #NewEnglandShelf

"In these moments, language moves between the literal and the figurative" - New blog post about language, #ScientificOceanDrilling and core flow.
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 @epc_leicester @MARUM @ANZIC

➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/the-bloody-core/

New blog post alert ! 🔔

Today we meet an other member of the science team, Leo Barbosa from the British Geological Survey #BGS, telling us his experience as operations manager on board of #IODP3NSF #Exp501

https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/looking-back-what-was-it-really-like-for-operations-manager-leo-barbosa/

#NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling

Meet the Science Team of #IODP3NSF #Exp501!

🚀 Today is the turn of Gretl King, from Binghamton University.

Read the blog article here: https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/meet-the-team-gretl-king/

📷Röhl@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling

Meet our Science Team of #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Today: Sophie from Stockholm University 🔬

#NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling

➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/meet-the-team-sophie-ten-hietbrink/

Expedition 501 has transitioned from sea to shore. With 718 sediment cores recovered, nearly 873 m of core material, and >50,000 L of fluids, the science teams are now focused on sampling and analysis at MARUM. 🧪📊 Latest Blog:
🔗 https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/scientists-descend-on-marum-as-expedition-501-enters-its-onshore-phase/
#Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

@epc_leicester @ANZIC @MARUM

Expedition 501 has transitioned from sea to shore. With 718 sediment cores recovered, nearly 873 m of core material, and >50,000 L of fluids, the science teams are now focused on sampling and analysis at MARUM. 🧪📊 Latest Blog:
🔗 https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/scientists-descend-on-marum-as-expedition-501-enters-its-onshore-phase/
#Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

@epc_leicester @ANZIC @MARUM

Expedition 501 has transitioned from sea to shore. With 718 sediment cores recovered, nearly 873 m of core material, and >50,000 L of fluids, the science teams are now focused on sampling and analysis at MARUM. 🧪📊 Latest Blog:
🔗 https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/scientists-descend-on-marum-as-expedition-501-enters-its-onshore-phase/
#Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

@epc_leicester @ANZIC @MARUM

Expedition 501 has transitioned from sea to shore. With 718 sediment cores recovered, nearly 873 m of core material, and >50,000 L of fluids, the science teams are now focused on sampling and analysis at MARUM. 🧪📊 Latest Blog:
🔗 https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/scientists-descend-on-marum-as-expedition-501-enters-its-onshore-phase/
#Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

@epc_leicester @ANZIC @MARUM

Expedition 501 has transitioned from sea to shore. With 718 sediment cores recovered, nearly 873 m of core material, and >50,000 L of fluids, the science teams are now focused on sampling and analysis at MARUM. 🧪📊 Latest Blog:
🔗 https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/scientists-descend-on-marum-as-expedition-501-enters-its-onshore-phase/
#Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

@epc_leicester @ANZIC @MARUM

Good bye L/B Robert, good bye offshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Thanks to our fantastic drilling team, ship's crew and science team!
Check out some numbers ➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/good-bye-l-b-robert/

And make sure to keep following - more offshore blogs to come, and onshore operations start mid January!

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling
@ANZIC @epc_leicester

#picoftheday: Final core from the final Hole! #IODP3NSF #Exp501 The Boart Longyear team (from left) Chris Redding (Helper), Co-Chief Brandon Dugan, Chandler Maine (Supervisor), Nick Boehne (Driller) and Lalo Aguilar (Helper). #ScientificOceanDrilling
📷EVEREST@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

New Blog - glimpse into life offshore: Ship-2-Shore Event ➡️
https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/29/glimpse-into-life-offshore-ship-2-shore-event/

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience
@epc_leicester

Hidden stories - on hard hats #IODP3NSF #Exp501 ➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/hidden-stories/

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience 🌊🚢🔬

Reporting from M0112A: With Superstition, Science, and a Side of Sea Fog - new blog entry from #IODP3NSF #Exp501
➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/reporting-from-m0112a-with-superstition-science-and-a-side-of-sea-fog/

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience

#clipoftheday 📹 Sunrise on L/B Robert during IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 🌅

Footage: LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

https://youtu.be/EH2JuaT3tso?si=juajOiSWWLqe3hzS

#clipoftheday 📹 Sunrise on L/B Robert during IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 🌅

Footage: LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

https://youtu.be/EH2JuaT3tso?si=juajOiSWWLqe3hzS

When science meets poetry 🌎📜

New blog entry from #Expedition501 ➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/pure-poetry/

📷Yakutchik@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience

Research is a process. Read about the processes during #IODP3NSF #Exp501 pump tests in the latest blog entry.

➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/pumping-takes-heart/
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 team members being transferred onto the L/B Robert by Billy Pugh basket after a foggy transit.
📸STEWART@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 team members being transferred onto the L/B Robert by Billy Pugh basket after a foggy transit.
📸STEWART@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

Tasting Science. And Root Beer. With Ice Cream? New Blog entry #IODP3NSF #Exp501
➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/one-scoop-or-two/
🔬🚢🧪#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

Tasting Science. And Root Beer. With Ice Cream? New Blog entry #IODP3NSF #Exp501
➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/one-scoop-or-two/
🔬🚢🧪#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 Co-chief Becky Robinson explaining the manifold setup before pump testing begins.

📷Yakutchik@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 Co-chief Becky Robinson explaining the manifold setup before pump testing begins.

📷Yakutchik@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

“But the Earth will do what the Earth is gonna do.” - New blog entry ➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/moving/
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #Oceanlove
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

“But the Earth will do what the Earth is gonna do.” - New blog entry ➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/moving/
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #Oceanlove
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

Rainy view.
More Info ➡️https://www.ecord.org/expedition501/
📷Stewart@ECORD_IODP3_NSF
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling #PicOfTheDay

Physical Properties Specialist Andrew McIntyre, Expedition Operations Managers Adam Wspanialy and Graham Tulloch discuss logging and drilling strategies while Expedition Project Managers Raushan Arnhardt and Margaret Stewart prepare for X501 team transfers in the ESO office container.
📷 LEBER@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

Netflix recommendations, but for your stomach: Read in our latest blog how Chief Steward Thomas organises the menu offshore for crew and science team on L/B Robert during #IODP3NSF #Exp501.🚢 🔬 🌊 ➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/the-galley-that-runs-the-ship-expedition-501s-true-command-centre/

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #foodiefeature #foodieoffshore

At night on the platform: Wireline Complete, Engines Ahead - Captain in Command
➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/wireline-complete-engines-ahead-captain-in-command/

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling
@epc_leicester

Homes ❤️
📷EVEREST@ECORD_IODP3_NSF
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #Oceanlove
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

Homes ❤️
📷EVEREST@ECORD_IODP3_NSF
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #Oceanlove
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

🚢🔬Meet Mojgan Soleimani: Reading through history
➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/meet-mojgan-soleimani-reading-through-history/

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

🚢 Glance back: Celebrating operational and scientific milestones #IODP3NSF #Exp501 as a team!
➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/coring-ahead-offshore-team-on-expedition-501-achieves-scientific-and-operational-milestones-at-site-m0111/ 🔬
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

ESO Petrophysicist Tayyaba Khurram and geochemist Alizé Longeau take 5 minutes for a chat during a busy shift #picoftheday #IODP3NSF #Exp501 🔬🚢#ScientificOceanDrilling
📷LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

🔬 Meet Dr. Avishek Dutta, Assistant Professor of Geomicrobiology.
As science team member for #IODP3NSF #Exp501 he is investigating life in the sub-seafloor environment. Read the latest blog entry here ➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/meet-avishek-dutta-looking-for-life/
#EarthScience #ScientificOceanDrilling

Our home for #IODP3NSF #Exp501: Check out this lovely drone footage of L/B Robert ➡️ https://youtu.be/npBbmyN5_00🚢🔬 #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

🚢🔬☀️ Life at sea = science, sunsets & a healthy dose of fun 🧪⚓

Out here on the L/B Robert with #IODP3NSF #Exp501, we’re not just drilling into the past — we’re building a strong team, one core and cornhole match at a time.
📖 Read the full update:
🔗 https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/science-sunsets-and-friendly-rivalries-offshore-life-at-its-best/

#TeamworkAtSea #LifeOnBoard #SunsetsAndScience #CoreLife #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #ECORDScienceOperator

@epc_leicester

Meet one of the Co-chiefs Scientists, Brandon Dugan in the latest blog article on #IODP3NSF #Exp501 ➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/meet-one-of-the-co-chief-scientists-brandon-dugan/
#NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #ECORDScienceOperator
📄📷Andrea Vale

Successful tests: The team on Night Shift running the first successful pump test, and successfully extracting low salinity water from the aquifer. #picoftheday #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

📷 @ECORD_IODP3_NSF

Behind the Core: A Day in the Life of Offshore Science and Drilling ➡️ https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/behind-the-core-a-day-in-the-life-of-offshore-science-and-drilling/
#ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling @epc_leicester

First samples, first cores, first transfer to L/B Robert - #IODP3NSF #Exp501 has successfully started 🌊 🚢 🔬

📷LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF , Stewart@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#picsoftheweek
#ECORDScienceOperator #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

Unlocking Climate Secrets of Hawai‘i’s Drowned Reefs: Article about #IODP #Exp389 in EOS: https://eos.org/science-updates/unlocking-climate-secrets-of-hawaiis-drowned-reefs #oceans #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanLiteracy

New Publication in Nature Communications:
Prolonged 187Os/188Os excursion implies hydrothermal influence after the Chicxulub impact in the Gulf of Mexico | #IODP #Exp364 #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanLiteracy ➡️https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58112-x

ECORD Science Operator team members from #BGS in Scotland, @epc_leicester and @MARUM have now met to start planning for the next phase in #scientificoceandrilling and mission specific platform expedition #IODP #Exp501 #IODPcubed @EPC

ECORD Science Operator team members from #BGS in Scotland, @epc_leicester and @MARUM have now met to start planning for the next phase in #scientificoceandrilling and mission specific platform expedition #IODP #Exp501 #IODPcubed @EPC

Drillig deep into the mantle has been on the wish list of #ScientificOceanDrilling since #ProjectMohole - #IODP #EXP399 achieved an incredible record with 1268m on TheJR last year - read more about it here: https://science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp1058 #KeepDrilling