Deep sea mud is like a time machine. The seafloor is constantly being rained on by things sinking down from the ocean above it. This material forms layers that scientists can study to learn more about what the ocean was like centuries–and even millennia–ago. Come to explore how scientists can learn more from deep-sea mud!

Presented by: Dr. Tricia Light, Oceanographer, NOAA Knauss Fellow and Chesna Cox M.Sc, Marine Scientist, NOAA Knauss Fellow

Photographs courtesy of Tricia Light and Chesna Cox