https://www.ajacobel.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/1434411327863-1EUM0BKH664EV4QTW0EG/IMG_0475.jpg FOR@M Blog https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2026/4/23/thank-you-students monthly 0.5 2026-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/850d9bae-6a9d-44f5-9a76-30bb7f866529/Perkins.jpg FOR@M Blog - Thank You Students! - Make it stand out Allison with Middlebury Dean of Sciences Rick Bunt https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2024/5/12/good-news monthly 0.5 2024-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/2a4f207f-3afe-42f2-a1c6-56913e99a414/bitmaplogo_nolayers_f_e50fcd0b-607b-4271-a808-914d9c2f65dc.png FOR@M Blog - Good News! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2023/9/18/cruise-footage monthly 0.5 2023-09-19 https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2023/8/11/water-column-sampling monthly 0.5 2023-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/0a8f1dac-2806-4d11-938a-c908711c1e7c/BEST+SST.jpg FOR@M Blog - Water Column Sampling Fig 1. Daily global sea surface temperature (°C) averaged over the 60°S–60°N domain plotted as a time series for each year from 1 January 1979 to 31 July 2023. The years 2023 and 2016 are shown with thick lines shaded in bright red and dark red, respectively. Other years are shown with thin lines and shaded according to the decade, from blue (1970s) to brick red (2020s). Data: ERA5. Credit: C3S/ECMWF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/a9f5ec06-6949-4c37-936c-316cec35a399/CTD-2.jpg FOR@M Blog - Water Column Sampling Fig 2. A sample CTD profile from a recent station. Depth is along the y axis with the deepest part of the ocean at the bottom of the screen. The color of each line corresponds to the axis, for example temperature is in red. This CTD profile is quite a bit noisier than usual (see the bumps) because of very rough sea conditions (3-4m seas). https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2023/8/4/icebergs-spotted monthly 0.5 2023-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/8dbca7e9-baa5-443e-9fb2-ee027b46bda5/Track.jpg FOR@M Blog - Icebergs Spotted Fig 1 - Track - Normally we sail in straight lines between our stations. For the past several days we’ve had to carefully make our way around the ice, occasionally making sharp turns to avoid big icebergs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/188fb79c-b7ca-450d-943e-bbb43e0a97bf/Iceberg.jpg FOR@M Blog - Icebergs Spotted Fig 2 - An iceberg floating by close to the ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/ada12a16-a221-4e70-aab8-c2158fa25dcb/Dirty+Ice.jpeg FOR@M Blog - Icebergs Spotted Fig 3 - A dirty iceberg carrying ice rafted debris (IRD). https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2023/8/1/more-intros-multicore-sampling monthly 0.5 2023-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/1690924466255-W2VA07SVK5EIWK2Q9158/Cores.jpg FOR@M Blog - More Intros + Multicore Sampling Four fresh cores awaiting slicing on the extruder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/1690924466053-RM5CAE6V79HVMAPEKQVW/Audrey.jpg FOR@M Blog - More Intros + Multicore Sampling Chief Scientist Dr. Audrey Morley taking a first look at a successful multicore recovery on deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/1690924469236-MK0K521FSN38Y7DSBPXC/Deck.jpg FOR@M Blog - More Intros + Multicore Sampling Crew members settling the multicorer on deck. https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2023/7/31/meet-the-scientific-crew monthly 0.5 2023-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/d5353d7e-2a38-452a-afbf-f4dc3b85ac52/Ashley.jpeg FOR@M Blog - Meet The Scientific Crew Middlebury undergraduate student Ashley Rodriguez at work using a stereomicroscope in the FOR@M https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/87df9d55-18b3-4901-be66-66bc4484cd9a/Ruber.png FOR@M Blog - Meet The Scientific Crew - Make it stand out Individual G. ruber specimen photographed on a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) by Middlebury College student Shane Lusk. https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2023/7/21/joining-the-ship monthly 0.5 2023-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/1d76c528-af9e-46c1-833b-5ab3054210a0/IMG_8307.jpg FOR@M Blog - Joining the ship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/395f13d8-57c4-412f-8b59-99b54333de0a/IMG_8309.jpg FOR@M Blog - Joining the ship - Make it stand out Current wind speeds broadcast to the dry lab along with our current location (red ship) and first station (the red dot off of the blue line connected to the ship). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/3c75de36-35b5-401f-81f9-886485e882ae/IMG_6949.jpg FOR@M Blog - Joining the ship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ajacobel.com/blog/2023/7/16/introducing-sitrac-signal-tracking-to-unveil-arctic-climate-variability monthly 0.5 2023-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/557e2197e4b0d40fa1a94aa5/0927b988-0c8c-4a7d-88fa-2e1ebc0db917/SiTraC_cruise_track_2023-03-15+at+10.54.07+AM.png FOR@M Blog - Welcome to our blog for SiTrAC: Signal Tracking to unveil Arctic Climate variability - Make it stand out Black line shows the tentative cruise track for SiTrAC. 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