Nicole PittoorsJun 1, 20211 minEPR Cruise Videos from Colleagues Connor Downing from the McDermott Lab at Lehigh University put together a vlog about our quarantine and cruise to the East Pacific Rise!...
Nicole PittoorsMay 18, 20212 minARMS- Deploy!In addition to comparing the ARMS to the Mullineaux sandwiches, I also wanted to compare recruitment between a recently inactive vent...
Nicole PittoorsMay 18, 20214 minLet's get this PhD StartedDuring this cruise, I have been posing as a fraud geochemist/secret biologist by helping out the geology team collect fluid and rock...
Nicole PittoorsMay 18, 20211 minHydrothermal Vent LifePhoto dump of some animals found at EPR 9ºN. Photos were taken by me, Lauren Dykman (WHOI), National Deep Submergence Facility, and...
Nicole PittoorsMay 18, 20211 minDive Livestream Recording Links Due to the pandemic, many PIs of the projects conducted on this cruise could not join us at sea. Therefore, we needed to "zoom" in the...
Nicole PittoorsMay 5, 20212 minRecipe for Deep-Sea Science:Zip-ties Milk crates PVC pipes Bungee cords 5-gallon buckets Grab some tools and fasteners. Assemble as needed. Conducting deep-sea...
Nicole PittoorsMay 5, 20213 minTech Time Part 2I am here to help out Dr. Jill McDermott from the Lehigh University sample the fluids that are emitted from the hydrothermal vent...
Nicole PittoorsMay 5, 20213 minTech Time Part 1Allow me to introduce you all to the three main players that allow us to conduct research at hydrothermal vents: ROV Jason, AUV Sentry,...
Nicole PittoorsApr 8, 20212 minJourney to the East Pacific RiseWe are sailing to the East Pacific Rise, which is one of the most active hydrothermal vent sites in the world. What makes this place so...