Scrutinizing the Habitat of Slow Earthquakes in the Guerrero Gap
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Seeing Through the Sea
How researchers are plumbing the seafloor during a quest to understand ‘silent’ earthquakes off the Mexican coast.
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Life Aboard the Langseth
Daily life on a research vessel is smaller and slower-paced — in a good way, for the most part.
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Working the Night Shift on the R/V Marcus Langseth
When you work 4am to 12pm on a research vessel, you get to watch some beautiful sunrises and eat breakfast for lunch every day.
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The Research Begins: Dropping Instruments Into the Abyss
Aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth, Expedition MGL2204’s science team has started deploying ocean-bottom seismometers.
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Looking for the Origin of Slow Earthquakes in the Guerrero Gap
We are underway on our 48-day long expedition offshore of the west coast of Mexico near Acapulco, where the young Cocos oceanic plate dives beneath the North American plate.
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