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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
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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“Four parts per thousand was a eureka moment,” Dugan said, because the finding suggested that the water must have been connected to a terrestrial system in the past, or still is.

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Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world
Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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What scientist doesn't love thinking up a good acronym? 😜 🌊 #scientificoceandrilling #subsea
SCIMPI History: The SHRIMPI — Transcend Engineering
Simple Cabled Instrument Measuring Parameters In-Situ (SCIMPI) is modular, when deployed down a borehole the components are separated by floats to maintain their position. A command module is position...
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September 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Oh this is a cool time lapse. Our Chief Technologist Steve took video this leaving the L/B Robert scientific drill ship (yup, that's it way up above the water!) on the transport vessel the Gaspee. #ScientificOceanDrilling #Expedition501 🌊
August 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Even a SCIMPI has an origin story, here's mine...

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SCIMPI: An origin story. — Transcend Engineering
The first SCIMPI prototype was deployed in May 2013 during IODP Expedition 341S—but that’s not where the story begins. Like many breakthroughs in science, SCIMPI’s origin is a story of vision, persist...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Good bye L/B Robert, good bye offshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Thanks to our fantastic drilling team, ship's crew and science team!
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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…
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August 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#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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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).
July 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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New Blog - glimpse into life offshore: Ship-2-Shore Event ➡️
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Glimpse into life offshore: Ship-2-Shore Event
“What different jobs do people have on the platform?” was one of the manyquestions asked during the Q&A portion of the recent IODP³-NSF X501 ship-to-shore event that was hosted by the School of…
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July 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Hidden stories - on hard hats #IODP3NSF #Exp501 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/h...

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July 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Reporting from M0112A: With Superstition, Science, and a Side of Sea Fog - new blog entry from #IODP3NSF #Exp501
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July 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Another day of work aboard the L/B Robert for #Expedition501.
In the photo, Rachel Bell and Alize Longeau collect a sample from a core at Hole M0113A, while Graham Tulloch observes.🌎

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July 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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#clipoftheday 📹 Sunrise on L/B Robert during IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 🌅

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July 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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When science meets poetry 🌎📜

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

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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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July 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Research is a process. Read about the processes during #IODP3NSF #Exp501 pump tests in the latest blog entry.

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July 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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#IODP3NSF #Exp501 team members being transferred onto the L/B Robert by Billy Pugh basket after a foggy transit.
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X501 team members being transferred onto the L/B Robert by Billy Pugh basket after a foggy transit.
July 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Tasting Science. And Root Beer. With Ice Cream? New Blog entry #IODP3NSF #Exp501
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July 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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#IODP3NSF #Exp501 Co-chief Becky Robinson explaining the manifold setup before pump testing begins.

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July 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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“But the Earth will do what the Earth is gonna do.” - New blog entry ➡️
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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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July 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Rainy view.
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A rainy view to the working deck while waiting for the vessel to be safely at location.
July 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Andrew McIntyre, Adam Wspanialy and Graham Tulloch discuss logging and drilling strategies while Raushan Arnhardt and Margaret Stewart prepare for X501 team transfers.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Netflix recommendations, but for your stomach: Read in our latest blog how Chief Steward Thomas organises the menu for crew and science team on L/B Robert #IODP3NSF #Exp501.🚢 🔬 🌊 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/t...
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The Galley That Runs the Ship: Expedition 501’s True Command Centre
Out here in the middle of the ocean, on IODP³-NSF Expedition 501, the nearest grocery store is somewhere back on land, and the weather can throw a tantrum at any minute. Food isn’t just food. It’s …
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June 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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At night on the platform: Wireline Complete, Engines Ahead - Captain in Command
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Wireline Complete, Engines Ahead: Captain in Command
Operations at Hole M0111B wrapped up with the final wireline logging runs after core recovery. The logging team, Simon Barry and Erwan Le Ber, mobilised the wireline tools for a planned sequence of…
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June 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Sophie ten Hietbrink from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social just came back from the #IODP3NSF expedition outside the US eastern coast searching for freshwater beneath the seafloor.
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Chasing freshened groundwater beneath the seafloor - Stockholm University
Chasing freshened groundwater beneath the seafloor PhD student Sophie ten Hietbrink just came back from an expedition outside the United States east coast searching for freshwater beneath the seafloor...
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June 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Homes ❤️
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Wooden post with signs that indicate where our science team members have their homes.
June 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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🚢🔬Meet Mojgan Soleimani: Reading through history
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Meet Mojgan Soleimani: Reading through history
For many people, studying rocks may seem like a stagnant discipline, but for Mojgan Soleimani, it’s anything but. A post-doctorate candidate at the University of Montpellier in France, she views ge…
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June 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM