by George Matsumoto | Apr 24, 2025 | Indian 2025
From Shouts to Signals: How Ocean Chemistry Comes Alive By GO-SHIP I09 tracer analyst Mary Kate (MK) Dinneen ; “10 ON 4, 10 ON 4!” That’s not a drill call—it’s a scientist calling out to the sample “cop,” making sure samples are collected from the right bottles on the...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 17, 2025 | Indian 2025
It's All Fun and Games We’re getting into our fourth week aboard the R/V Thompson; here’s a look at what we do off shift to keep ourselves sane. ; Monopoly Deal Most of the time, everyone gets along here. Not so during this game – we have vendettas....
by George Matsumoto | Apr 11, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
First day at sea! We have officially been at sea for a whole day. This blog has some information about what I have been up to. ; We have officially been at sea for a whole day! we left around 9:00 PM on April 9th, and for three days before that, I explored Montevideo,...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 11, 2025 | Indian 2025
First float deployments The first BGC-Argo floats have been deployed from the R/V Thompson I09N ; On April 5th and 9th, we deployed our first two BGC-Argo floats! Everything went very smoothly for Floater the Explorer and Sakai Coho 2, adopted by Mission High School...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 5, 2025 | Indian 2025
The Amazing Shrinking Styrofoam Cup: A Deep-Sea Physics Adventure Ever wondered what happens when you send a regular cup to the bottom of the ocean? ; 🎯 What’s the Experiment? Oceanographers (a.k.a. sea scientists) sometimes attach styrofoam cups to a piece of...
