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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

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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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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.
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📷 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.
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 @epc-research.bsky.social @marumunibremen.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social
➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/the-bloody-core/

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.
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Deadline upcoming! Apply by Februar 1 (Sunday).

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

➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/meet-the-team-sophie-ten-hietbrink/

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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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Scientists Descend on MARUM as Expedition 501 Enters Its Onshore Phase Scientists from around the world have converged at MARUM – Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, marking the start of the onshore phase of IODP³-NSF Expedition 501. Partic…

Latest Blog:
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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

Core2Core Symposium: "IODP Legacy Cores" as archives of warm periods in the geological past - REGISTER here: climatelegacy.uni-graz.at/en/symposium/

Scribbles on a whiteboard, showing a nut, eggs I a nest, a worried snail and a not-worried snail.

Scribble of a bore core,with piles in it (not realistic)

More art on the whiteboards, illustrating our #wordsoftheday.

Drawing of a snail on a sediment core, saying in a bubble: I am a fast snail.

Snail art, artist unknown.

Drawing of a snail, text: question: how does a snail say they are leaving? Answer:I need to escargo.

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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🎬 “The Story of Stress” is out now!

A 27 minute documentary on #IODP Expedition 405 (JTRACK), filmed aboard D/V Chikyu during 4 months at sea off Japan’s Tohoku region.

Watch it now ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBN...

Thank you! We are pleased to be here and super excited to finally look at the cores! 🌊 🔬 👋

#Magellan3 workshop MANI_IN_PASTA now open for registrations 📣

📍 Where: Trieste, Italy, with online hybrid participation possible.
🗓 When: Monday 11th - Wednesday 13th May 2026

Further information and registration: iodp3.org/new-magellan...

Deadline alert!

The abstract submission deadline is approaching for the #EGU26 session: “Achievements and perspectives in scientific ocean and continental drilling”

More informations: www.egu26.eu/session/57656

Season’s greetings from hashtag#ECORD 🎄✨
Wishing you a joyful holiday season and an exciting year ahead in 2026.

Call to Participate: Expedition 505S: ENIGMA: ExploratioN Into a Global early Miocene Anomaly - International Ocean Drilling Programme Call to Participate in IODP3 Expedition 505S: ENIGMA: ExploratioN Into a Global early Miocene Anomaly IODP3 Expedition 505S is a SPARC (Scientific Projects using ocean drilling ARChives) expedition in...

Can you help to solve the ENIGMA? - Applications are open - IODP³ EXPEDITION 505S iodp3.org/call-to-part...

Call to Participate in IODP³ Expedition 506S: SIGNALS: Stratigraphic InteGration of North Atlantic Legacy Sites
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Drilling into ocean’s past: IODP³ expeditions on D/V Chikyu in the Japan Trench🌐🌏
On December 15, 2025, the Embassy of France to Japan will host a panel in Tokyo, following IODP³ #Exp503➡️ iodp3.org/events/iodp3...
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