East Pacific Rise

Apr 142 min read

EPR Lava Watch Leg 3

Photo journal of cruise AT50-21: Monitoring hydrothermal fluid origin, crustal permeability and seafloor morphology. This cruise was a...

Feb 21, 20233 min read

LavaWatch 2023 Cruise Photo Journal

There were ups. There were downs. There was norovirus. The 2023 research expedition to EPR 9 50'N included many stories to write about,...

Jun 1, 20211 min read

EPR Cruise Videos from Colleagues

Connor Downing from the McDermott Lab at Lehigh University put together a vlog about our quarantine and cruise to the East Pacific Rise!...

May 18, 20212 min read

ARMS- Deploy!

In addition to comparing the ARMS to the Mullineaux sandwiches, I also wanted to compare recruitment between a recently inactive vent...

May 18, 20214 min read

Let's get this PhD Started

During this cruise, I have been posing as a fraud geochemist/secret biologist by helping out the geology team collect fluid and rock...

May 18, 20211 min read

Hydrothermal Vent Life

Photo dump of some animals found at EPR 9ºN. Photos were taken by me, Lauren Dykman (WHOI), National Deep Submergence Facility, and...

May 18, 20211 min read

Dive Livestream Recording Links

Due to the pandemic, many PIs of the projects conducted on this cruise could not join us at sea. Therefore, we needed to "zoom" in the...

May 4, 20212 min read

Recipe for Deep-Sea Science:

Zip-ties Milk crates PVC pipes Bungee cords 5-gallon buckets Grab some tools and fasteners. Assemble as needed. Conducting deep-sea...

May 4, 20213 min read

Tech Time Part 2

I am here to help out Dr. Jill McDermott from the Lehigh University sample the fluids that are emitted from the hydrothermal vent...

May 4, 20213 min read

Tech Time Part 1

Allow me to introduce you all to the three main players that allow us to conduct research at hydrothermal vents: ROV Jason, AUV Sentry,...

Apr 7, 20212 min read

Journey to the East Pacific Rise

We are sailing to the East Pacific Rise, which is one of the most active hydrothermal vent sites in the world. What makes this place so...