A Polar Marine Science Conference on Sea Ice in the mountains of Tuscany I am Sophia Hirschmann, a Ph.D. candidate in the microbial biogeochemistry group at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. My research focuses on the dynamics of phytoplankton and organic matter in the Arctic Ocean, especially the Fram Strait. In particular, I […]
The September blogpost is the internship report from Felix about his student internship at GEOMAR, with a brief insight into Lea’s perspective, who supervised the internship. The blog is published in German anf English. During my two-week internship at GEOMAR in July/August 2025, I gained comprehensive insight into various areas of marine science work – […]
Der Blogbeitrag im September ist der Praktikumsbericht von Felix über sein Schülerpraktikum am GEOMAR, mit einem kleinen Einblick von seiner Betreuerin Lea. Der Blog erscheint auf Deutsch und auf Englisch. Während meines zweiwöchigen Praktikums am GEOMAR im Juli/August 2025 erhielt ich einen umfassenden Einblick in verschiedene Bereiche der meereswissenschaftlichen Arbeit – von Laboranalytik über Probenvorbereitung […]
International Temperate Reef Symposium, France Oh boy- time to head to my first real research conference and present (for the very first time!) data from my PhD. The nerves? High. The poster? Printed (finally!) the weekend before. The train ticket? Booked. Yes, we decided to travel to Brest, Brittany in northern France by train – […]
It’s an early morning in the northern part of Penang Island, Malaysia. The sun is slowly rising over the horizon, casting golden reflections on the still calm sea as our boat hums towards the research station. The wind grazes our faces and the air is filled by the splashes of the salty sea. The green […]
What is success? If you are better than others? If you do something that was expected of you? If you reach a goal you have worked hard for? If something works out, just as planned? If you are proud? If you had the chance to evolve and learn something new? I think, success, in the […]
Welcome to Chile! Muchos saludos desde Chile! Team Chile greets you from the southern hemisphere. Let us introduce ourselves: We are Lou & Bianca and we want to talk a bit about how the only southern hemisphere team in GAME 2025 is experiencing autumn and winter in Chile – instead of spring and summer like […]
EGU General Assembly In the beginning of springtime in Vienna, Austria, as every year, thousands of geoscientists met for the EGU General Assembly 2025. And thanks to FYORD, I, Lenya Baumann, got the opportunity to be part of it. Studying geophysics and working as a student assistant for the group ‘Marine Geophysics and Hydroacoustics’ at […]
Abtauchen in die Unterwasser-Welt Kiels und mit Profis die unterschiedlichsten Organismen erforschen. Das durften wir, 24 StudentInnen der CAU, Dank dem Umweltbildungsprojekt Snorkeling.City erleben. Im Rahmen einer Exkursion haben wir uns mit Herrn Dr. Henry Göhlich und seinem Team in der Strandbar am Seebad Düsternbrook getroffen. Unser Arbeitsbereich für den heutigen Tag war perfekt gewählt, […]
Exploring the underwater world of Kiel and discovering a wide variety of marine organisms – all guided by professionals. Thanks to the environmental education project Snorkeling.City, we, 24 students from Kiel University (CAU), had the opportunity to experience this first-hand. As part of an excursion, we met with the project coordinator Dr. Henry Göhlich and his […]