Dawn Wright, who earned her master’s in oceanography from Texas A&M, is one of four scientists in the program's first all-female cohort.

Currently working in the South Atlantic, the NSF-funded International Ocean Discovery Program expedition saved a turtle while completing its engineering efforts.

The cores show life present at 2,600 feet below the Indian Ocean seafloor. The discovery could lead to similar finds around the world.

Debbie Thomas is co-leading an elite international team of scientists aboard the JOIDES Resolution research drillship.

The internationally renowned research drill ship is operated by Texas A&M, for the NSF-funded International Ocean Discovery Program.