Even in winter, the sun still has power here in the Aegean Sea. The sky is blue and the mood is good, even though we have a lot to do in these first few days. Underwater, invisible to the human eye, there are many interesting things happening in the region where we are travelling. This […]
Über uns der Himmel, unter uns der Kolumbo
Auch im Winter hat die Sonne hier in der Ägäis noch Kraft. Der Himmel ist blau und die Stimmung gut, auch wenn wir in diesen ersten Tagen viel zu tun haben. Unter Wasser, für menschliche Augen unsichtbar, passiert in der Region, in der wir uns bewegen, sehr viel Interessantes. Denn um Santorini herum verläuft eine […]
M215 (MMC-3): MULTI-MAREX returns to Santorini – Το MULTI-MAREX επιστρέφει στη Σαντορίνη
The third voyage of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) joint project MULTI-MAREX has officially begun. On 17 December 2025, the RV METEOR set sail from Heraklion on Crete, Greece, and will spend the next four weeks conducting scientific measurements off Santorini and near the nearby underwater volcano Kolumbo. In addition, innovative monitoring and early […]
M215 (MMC-3): MULTI-MAREX kehrt zurück nach Santorini
Die dritte Fahrt des Verbundprojekts MULTI-MAREX der dritten Forschungsmission mareXtreme der Deutschen Allianz für Meeresforschung (DAM) hat offiziell begonnen. Am 17. Dezember 2025 hat die FS METEOR in Heraklion auf Kreta, Griechenland, abgelegt und wird in den kommenden vier Wochen wissenschaftliche Messungen vor Santorini und bei dem in der Nähe gelegenen Unterwasservulkan Kolumbo durchführen. Zudem […]
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Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree!
In November, I was walking through the the city while the Christmas market was being prepared. Huts were being built, woodchips brought in and Christmas trees arranged. Lots of trees! Like, seriously, a rediculous amount! And then I saw how all those trees were fixed, so they wouldn’t fall over. They each stood in a […]
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FYORD Travel Grant Reports: December 2025
SEB Conference 2025, Antwerp My name is Christine Blurton, and I’m a PhD researcher at the Institute of Zoology at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany. I am working in the field of Marine Biology, focusing on how climate-related stressors affect the early developmental stages of marine invertebrates. In my research, I focus on the combined effects […]
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7 Hacks for your first conference
Visiting a scientific conference for the first time as a young researcher is a big deal, don’t you think? So much expertise gathered in one place, so many talks and topics ahead — exciting, yes, but also a bit intimidating. At least, that’s how I felt when I drove nine hours in my car to […]
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FYORD Travel Grant Reports: November 2025
From DAAD Summer School to Doctorate: Reflections at ICON 9 Hi! I am Riel Carlo O. Ingeniero from the Chemical Oceanography Department at GEOMAR. I recently had the opportunity to attend ICON 9 (International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes) last July 2025, one of the leading conferences focused on advances in the nitrogen cycle. […]
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Drifting in the Post-PhD Current
Delivering Five years into my PhD and I still wasn’t done. To be fair, I hadn’t exactly had an easy ride, starting just weeks before COVID lockdowns were announced, becoming a mother in my second year, and trying to build a new model system from scratch (Pipefish and their male pregnancy are adorable, but they […]
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FYORD Travel Grant Reports: October 2025
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 […]