Another day, another blog article introducing the team members of #IODP3NSF #Exp501
Today we are featuring Alizé Longeau, PhD student at the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG, CNRS, University of Lorraine) in Nancy. Read it here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/m...

✨ AND IT’S A WRAP ✨

Read about the end of Onshore Operations: the traditions, the goodbyes, and what’s coming next for #Expedition501. 🌊🔬

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#IODP3NSF #onshoreoperations #scientificoceandrilling #NewEnglandShelfs

Onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 might be over but our blog is still running and we have not finished yet introducing our scientist. 👩‍🔬 Today is the turn of Valentina Rossi from from Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

Read the blog here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/m...

Not just hands-on science during #IODP3NSF #Exp501: a huge part of the work happens behind the scenes, deep in reports and documentation. Science doesn’t exist without the paperwork.

Read more about it 👇
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We’re in our final days of the onshore phase of #IODP3NSF #Exp501, but we haven’t yet shared what happens to the “working half.” Once split, it becomes the focus of intense sampling and analysis, helping us unlock the story hidden beneath the seafloor➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/t...

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.edu
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#NewEnglandShelfs #ScientificOceanDrilling

The last core is being split.

Curator taking both core halves for further analyses

Science team looks together at both split halves of the last core.

There goes the last core of #IODP3NSF #Exp501.

#lastCore #NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling #picoftheday

More Information: www.ecord.org/expedition501/

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The Core Flow: the journey of the archive half The long journey of a sediment core at the Bremen Core Repository (BCR) at MARUM begins with the core being split lengthwise into two halves (see: From this moment on, each fulfills a distinct role…

Following the path of a core arriving at the Bremen Core Repository for the onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Expedition501➡️ the archive half

Read the blog post here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/i...

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➡️ ecord.org/extensive-fr...

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#ScientificOceanDrilling #NewEnglandShelfs

Following the path of a core arriving at the Bremen Core Repository for the onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Expedition501.
1️⃣First steps of the core flow: core inspection and core splitting.
Read the article here 👉 expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/t...
📷 Cores before,during and after splitting

We’re now in the third week of onshore operations for #IODP3NSF #Exp501 at @marumunibremen.bsky.social and we still have more of the team to introduce! Today, it’s the turn of Mojgan Soleimani, postdoctoral researcher at @umontpellier.bsky.social

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The Bloody Core … Profanities have no place in IODP3, and the code of conduct is taken seriously by everyone on board. Language, however, has a habit of finding small gaps. Mild intensifiers do sometimes slip throug…

"In these moments language moves between literal and figurative" - New blog post about language, #ScientificOceanDrilling and core flow.
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Colourful cores on a sampling table

Word(s) of the day Cretacious camo go nicely with our #pictureoftheday #IODP3NSF #Exp501

Meet the team: Cristina Corradin Who are you? My name is Cristina Corradin, post doc at the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics of Italy, based in Trieste. What is your scientific objective for this expeditio…

Meet the team of #IODP3NSF #Exp501!
Today’s blog post features Cristina Corradin from @ogsit.bsky.social, who is taking part in the onshore operations at @marumunibremen.bsky.social as a member of the hydrogeology and sedimentology group.
Read the article: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/m...

Looking back: What was it really like for operations Manager Leo Barbosa? Before IODP3-NSF Expedition 501, all my offshore experience had been on oil and gas rigs and never for longer than 14 days at a time. So the thought of living and working on an offshore vessel for …

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

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#NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling

Meet the Team: Gretl King Who are you?My name is Gretl King, I’m a PhD candidate at Binghamton University, based in the state of New York. What is your scientific objective for this expedition?I’m one of two mic…

Meet the Science Team of #IODP3NSF #Exp501!

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

Read the blog article here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/m...

📷Röhl@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

#NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling

Onshore phase of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 is still going on at @marum_uni_bremen🌏

Today’s #picoftheday is featuring some geological samples by 📸ChangLiu@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

Check out our blog for more behind the scene: expedition501.wordpress.com

Meet our Science Team #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Today: Sophie from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

#NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling

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Image of a pizza and pineapples on it - poll oprions: Yes, Yum, No, Never. Drill Cores that remind of tomato sauce - this inspried a discussion of favourite pizza toppings in the science team - poll on the whiteboeard is still ongoing.

Drill Cores that remind of tomato sauce - this inspried a discussion of favourite pizza toppings in the science team - poll on the whiteboeard is still ongoing.

Check out the beautiful cores drilled during Offshore Operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 - they do not only inspire scientific, but also cultural discussions in an international science team. #pictureoftheday
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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. 🧪📊 #Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

Whiteboard art inspired by northern lights in Bremen and work on #iodp3nsf #Exp501 cores

First core is split during Onshore operations of IODP3NSF Expedition 501

Schneckenshift 🐌💪is the #Wordoftheday for the first day of Onshore Operations #IODP3NSF #Exp501 Meaning: Slowly processing the #firstcore after splitting and learning about standard procedures within #IODP3.

#Hydrogeology #NewEnglandShelf

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Each core was curated and labeled while still on board, and now it's time for sampling in Bremen. Photo: LEBER (at) ECORD_IODP3_NSF

We warmly welcome the Science Team of IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 to #MARUM and to kick off the onshore research here!
Read more about the onshore operation and the expedition here ➡️ www.marum.de/en/Start-OnO...

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#ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501

Talk at the Science Stroll in Woods Hole

Talk at the Science Stroll in Woods Hole

Co-Chief Becky Robinson presented #IODP3NSF #Exp501 at this year's science Stroll
@WHOI - thanks for your interest and the inspiring chats at our booth! For more info check out the expedition website (link below).

Good bye L/B Robert! 93 operational days. 74 days at sea. 718 cores. 3 Sites. 6 Holes. 9 pump tests. 61 scientists and ESO team members at sea. 122 transfers on and off the L/B Robert. It is now time to say good bye to…

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 quick numbers ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/g...
#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling

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).

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

#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience 🌊🚢🔬

A full rainbow stretches from end to end of the image. The viewer is on the deck of the scientific drill ship the L/B Robert. The ocean is calm and vast and the sky has pink and gray clouds. Parts of the drill ship are in the foreground.

Steve caught this #rainbow on the #IODP3NSF #EXP501 a few weeks ago and what a beauty! Resharing for a little Friday awe and inspiration. Transcend staffer Max will be on board completing the SCIMPI deployment in August, the photo bar has been raised! 😉

Reporting from M0112A: With Superstition, Science, and a Side of Sea Fog - new blog entry from #IODP3NSF #Exp501
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#ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling #OceanScience

Great drone shots and overview of the #IODP3NSF #EXP501 mission, currently off the Massachusetts coast. SCIMPI has accomplished its first deployment of this expedition 🙌 THANK YOU to the great team on the L/B Robert –@ecord.bsky.social keep those great sunsets and sunrises coming!