2025 Woods Hole Science Stroll

Marie Bartlett at the microscope station where visitors could look at foraminifera, tiny microfossils that live in marine environments. Scientists at the USGS use foraminifera to determine the age of sediment found many meters below the seafloor and to learn more about past climate conditions. Additionally, we made a sediment core replica to show how sediment core samples provide a layered record of past environments, climate, and geological events. 3D printed microfossils found in marine cores, such as forams and diatoms, were also on display.