They were wet. They were cold. And they were extremely happy. Towards the end of our research trip arranged for eleven German science journalists, we managed to drive them to the mesocosms onboard our working boat WASSERMANN. On the wavy fjord, beaten by the northeast, rain and hail, they took pictures of Andrea and Ulf […]
Vårdagen
Two days ago 25 scientists from the Kristineberg research station went to the local beaches armed with plastic bags and gloves on a very special mission: collect as much trash as you can! Everybody who had a little of his or her precious time spare met in the morning at the reception for 2013 Spring […]
Kristineberg vs. Kiel
Nach 2 Monaten in Kristineberg und nun wieder zurück in Kiel wage ich einen Vergleich des Alltags Kristineberg vs. Kiel. Zwei Arbeitsorte mit einigen verblüffenden Gemeinsamkeiten… : Der Tag beginnt Kristineberg: Der erste Blick aus dem Fenster nach dem Aufstehen offenbart fast immer gleiches Wetter: Sonnenschein! Kiel: Der erste Blick aus dem Fenster zeigt […]
Welcome to the sunny side! (oder: Die dunklen Tage sind vorbei!)
Change of sampling conditions from february (left) to april (right). Photo: Maren Stumm, Uni Oldenburg When I arrived back at the station a few days ago after a three week easter break from sampling it hit me instantly that something changed at the station since my last stay. Spring finally had arrived! The sun is […]
A tale of huge burgers in glass boxes …
Hurrah, the bloom is on it’s way! Since ten days now the phytoplankton cell numbers are increasing steadily. The weather has been exceptionally nice and sunny over the last two weeks, spoiling the phytoplankton with plenty of light. Finally the conditions are perfect for the diatoms to bloom. Interestingly it’s not just the diatoms that […]
Ingredients for a happy (holi)day
Prepare some free time. Take 12h of bright sunshine. Mix it with a lot of fun. Add a surprise. Round it up with a delicious self cooked dinner. You may spice everything with stories about last nights bonfire and fire fighting helicopter … At the end you will get a real holiday feeling even for us never-stop-working KOSMOS […]
Wer ist eigentlich dieser Ostern?
Gestern Abend war die Aufregung groß, nachdem ein paar Jungs aus den umliegenden Dörfern aus irgendeinem Grund extrem große Lagerfeuer gemacht haben und der Löschhubschrauber ein paar Einsätze fliegen musste. Heute ist dafür merkwürdig ruhig auf der Station. Allerdings nicht im KOSMOS team! Bei uns alles “business-as-usual”. Es steht mal wieder eine kleine Mesokosmenreinigung an. Zum […]
2 months Kristineberg
Being now since two months in Kristineberg sounds much longer than it actually feels like. With a constant working schedule (not to forget all the unpredicted happenings of the past) time is running fast and weeks are flying by. I already lost track of the days of a week, as I am only thinking in our sampling schedule of […]
The cleaning day…
Last 15th March it was “t6: the cleaning day” in the KOSMOS 2013 Gullmar Fjord. And what does it mean…? It means that we had to pull the 1mm mesh size net through the mesocosms to get out everything of large size, to avoid a massive predation in the bags. Therefore, we went for the […]
The mesocosms’ heartbeat ….
Did you already manage to analyse the CTD data today? This question Andrea get’s to hear quite frequently. The plots she sends around after analysing the data taken with the CTD probe are anticipated with great suspense. How are the mesocosms doing today? CTD stands for conductivity, temperature, and depth. Conductivity measurements serve to determine […]