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IODP 342 Newfoundland. Episode Three – “Time Machine”
Time Machine, episode three of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program IODP introduces JOIDES Resolution as a tool to move back in time. Meet the “Keepers of Tme” or the scentists who study […]
Icehouse goes to TMS meeting on Edinburgh
Eleanor John and Kirsty Edgar report from Edinburgh This year, ‘The Micropalaeontological Society Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups Joint Meeting’ (or TMS for short!) was held at the University of Edinburgh from 21-23rd […]
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Episode Two
Core on Deck The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 342 will drill a depth transect between ~2400 and 5000 m water depth into a sequence of rapidly accumulated sediment […]
Gavin reports from Goldschmidt 2012, Montreal, Canada
This year from 24-29 June Montréal, Canada played host to the 22nd Goldschmidt geochemistry conference. Project PI Gavin Foster , with his B-team (Post-docs Miguel Martinez-Boti, Marcus Gutjahr; Eleni Anagnostou, […]
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Expedition 342. Watch Episode One
Descent into the Icehouse Phil Sexton is one of the participant scientists in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 342 that will drill down through the seabed near Newfoundland, close […]
Revised biostratigraphic framework for Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal biochronology
The biostratigraphic framework for Cenozoic planktonic foraminifera was recently revised by Wade et al. (2011), including Paul Pearson, William Berggren and Heiko Pälike. This includes the stratigraphic interval of the ‘Descent […]
We have some exciting news to share!
The recently published paper in Science “The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification”, result of a workshop led by Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the University of Bristol, has received considerable attention […]
Celebrating Ocean and Earth day at National Oceanography Centre
It is Saturday, 17th March 2012, 10:30am and a lively, colourful crowd is standing outside the doors of the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), in the docks of Southampton. It is […]
Sneak preview of EoMIP modelling study
By Dr Dan Lunt Part of the ‘Descent into the Icehouse‘ project involves assessing the ability of climate models to reproduce past climates. This involves comparing model results with reconstructions based […]
Press Release: The geological record of ocean acidification
The burning of fossil fuels is releasing vast quantities of extra carbon dioxide (CO2) to the Earth’s atmosphere. While a proportion of this stays in the atmosphere, raising atmospheric CO2 levels, […]