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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 5d

Call to Participate in #IODP3 Expedition GLACE-NS: Late Cenozoic Glaciers, Landscapes, Climates, and Ecosystems of the North Sea now open! iodp3.org/glace-ns-lat...

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Sep 8

Welcome to all participants of this year's ECORD summer school @marumunibremen.bsky.social

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Dr. Ulla Röhl @ullar.bsky.social · Sep 7

New core arrival from the #GCR @marumunibremen.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social @ecord.bsky.social

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PAGES (Past Global Changes) @pages-ipo.bsky.social · Aug 25

🤩 And PAGES is thrilled that the Northern Hemisphere spring 2026 issue of the PAGES Magazine will be guest edited by the TIMES Scientific Steering Committee members and look at existing gaps, challenges and future directions across geological dating disciplines 🤩

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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · Aug 25

Recalibrating the past 100 million years on a unified, accurate and precise timescale? 🕰️ That is the aim of the ambitious TIMES project. Read more about the Kick-Off meeting here ➡️ www.marum.de/en/Kick-off-...

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Dr. Ulla Röhl @ullar.bsky.social · Aug 3

zu IODP3 - NSF Expedition 501 “New England Hydrogeology”

DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · Aug 3

Über den Meeresboden weiß man weniger als über den Mond. Jetzt bohren Wissenschaftler vor der US-Ostküste nach Süßwasser. Finden sie eine Lösung für die Wasserknappheit?

Wasserknappheit: Irgendwo da unten: reines, Jahrtausende altes Wasser

Über den Meeresboden weiß man weniger als über den Mond. Jetzt bohren Wissenschaftler vor der US-Ostküste nach Süßwasser. Finden sie eine Lösung für die Wasserknappheit?

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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · Aug 3

Über den Meeresboden weiß man weniger als über den Mond. Jetzt bohren Wissenschaftler vor der US-Ostküste nach Süßwasser. Finden sie eine Lösung für die Wasserknappheit?

Wasserknappheit: Irgendwo da unten: reines, Jahrtausende altes Wasser

Über den Meeresboden weiß man weniger als über den Mond. Jetzt bohren Wissenschaftler vor der US-Ostküste nach Süßwasser. Finden sie eine Lösung für die Wasserknappheit?

www.zeit.de

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jul 27

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

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience 🌊🚢🔬

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jul 31

#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

The final core from the final Hole! From left to right the Boart Longyear team Chris Redding (Helper), Co Chief Brandon Dugan, Chandler Maine (Supervisor), Nick Boehne (Driller) and Lalo Aguilar (Helper).

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jul 19

#Expedition501: “New England Shelf Hydrogeology”
investigates freshened water under the ocean floor.
In this video, Co-Chief Scientist Brandon Dugan explains why sharing the impacts of #offshoreresearch with local communities is so important.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5f5...

Coastal Communities Explainer

YouTube video by ECORD_IODP

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jul 21

Call for proposals to the Magellan3 Workshop Series Programme now open!
iodp3.org/call-for-pro...

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jul 14

When science meets poetry 🌎📜

New blog entry from #Expedition501 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/p...

📷Yakutchik@ECORD_IODP3_NSF
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience

Pure poetry

Beneath ocean floorFossil roots sleep in old soilWhispers of past land Geoscientist Sara Polanco penned this exquisite poem, a haiku, to describe a core that recently arrived on deck of the L/B ROB…

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

📷Yakutchik@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#Oceanlove #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #PictureOfTheDay

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jul 4

“But the Earth will do what the Earth is gonna do.” - New blog entry ➡️
expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/m... /

#IODP3NSF #Exp501 #Oceanlove
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

Moving

As 90-ish days of science at sea go tick, tick, ticking by, the fog rolls in and out. Waves rise and fall. Researchers and crew come and go from near and far as offshore stints begin and end. Exped…

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Eos @eos.org · Jul 3

Opinion: If scientific databases in the Earth and environmental sciences are not adequately supported, we risk losing and potentially needing to replace these resources, an extremely costly, yet preventable, outcome.

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Read more: bit.ly/Eos-Jul2025

The Valuable, Vulnerable, Long Tail of Earth Science Databases - Eos

Community-curated data resources in the Earth sciences, highly valuable but systematically underfunded, are vital to research on a changing planet.

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jun 21

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

Wooden post with signs that indicate where our science team members have their homes.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jun 21

The Tate Modern art museum in London has also been lit up. #ShowYourStripes

And, the warming stripes are currently on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York: www.moma.org/magazine/art...

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jun 12

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

https://youtu.be/npBbmyN5_00🚢🔬

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jun 15

🔬 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 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/m...
#EarthScience #ScientificOceanDrilling

Meet Avishek Dutta: Looking for life

When onshore, Avishek Dutta is an assistant professor of geomicrobiology at the University of Georgia. Geomicrobiology is a pretty multi-layered word; as Dutta described, it means that he studies “…

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jun 8

🚢🔬☀️ On 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.
🔗 expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/science-sunsets-and-friendly-rivalries-offshore-life-at-its-best
#TeamworkAtSea
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Science, Sunsets, and Friendly Rivalries: Offshore life at its best

At IODP³-NSF Expedition 501, aboard the L/B Robert, we are a mixed crew. Scientists and specialists from around the world work alongside each other, including expedition project managers, operation…

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jun 3

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

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · Jun 5

Meet one of the Co-chiefs Scientists, Brandon Dugan in the latest blog article on #IODP3NSF #Exp501 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/m...
#NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #ECORDScienceOperator

📄📷Andrea Vale

Brandon Dugan, one of the Co-chief scientists of Expedition 501, onboard the L/B Robert.

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · May 25

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

First water sample taken from offshore. Photo: LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

First supply and transfer vessel arrives at L/B Robert. Photo: Stewart@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · May 27

Behind the Core: A Day in the Life of Offshore Science and Drilling ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/b...
#ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling @epc-research.bsky.social

Behind the Core: A Day in the Life of Offshore Science and Drilling

There are days in offshore research that stand out, days that go beyond the routine of shifts, sample handling, and logging. One such day was recently hosted by Matrix’s Chris Delahunty and his tea…

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