Since yesterday we get a special welcome when arriving at the mesocosms. A group of seven harbour seals has declared a bunch of rocks next to our mesocosm playground their new home. I like to think that they are thrilled sitting in the front row and watching this funny show of orange creatures dancing around […]
For seven weeks we have been fighting with the rough conditions of the Swedish winter to keep our mesocosm system alive. Now, after re-starting the experiment we hope, for the second time, to be able to do what we are here for – science. For the next weeks we expect sky rocketing diatom cell […]
“Kalti kalti”, Jan C. commented as another wave of cold sea spray washed over him at the steering wheel of Wassermann. As driver he couldn´t hide from waves and spray at the front of the boat with the back to driving direction, as Swantje and me did, but literally had to face the cold, the wet and […]
The Sven Lovén Centre Kristineberg. A world of its own… Photo: Maike Nicolai, GEOMAR One day, before having to go back to Kiel again, I climbed a rock close to the Sven Lovén Centre Kristineberg. The early spring sun proved its power and let the colours shine. Best photo conditions. Pausing a while and looking […]
First of all, restarting a KOSMOS experiment means hard work. But the key for success is a bunch of enthusiastic scientists working together as a big team. Being the “sediment trap guy“ of the KOSMOS core team my work in these days was focused on extra sealing of possible leakages in the sediment traps. Additional […]
If Chris is the ringmaster of Roncallis Cod Circus, i am the clown, the dompteur and the stable-boy: feeding the cod, cleaning the tanks, performing different test etc. pp…. After 6 weeks in Kristineberg, i have left my tent and i’m now on my way back home. The last weeks had nearly everything you can […]
If you have ever played the game MONOPOLY you are familiar with this: Go back to start …, do not pass go…, do not collect $$. Every so often it also happens in real live that you have to start all over again. It’s always painful, but sometimes it’s better to do it in time […]
After more than a month in Kristineberg this is quite a normal start into breakfast conversation. The general reaction divides our breakfast table into two groups: morning grinch (key features: eyes focused on a cup of coffee, not immediately responding when being talked to, clearly not awake yet) and early bird (key features: very chatty, […]
Hi back in Kristineberg for another stint witht the Roncalli Cod circus. They have been growing in the mean time and now its time to heat things up so they can put on their spawning dance. The weather was beautiful yesterday when we arrived but we had a real “pea souper” this morning. Still work […]
Sven Lovén Centre – also a venue for tandem language learning. After days – in fact weeks – the Swedish-German class has finally formed at Kristineberg thanks to Dana’s and Madde’s effort. Chocolate, cookies and Gummibärchen were offered, tea (Yes, tea! In the most cases at least) was prepared and a whiteboard borrowed from the […]