While sitting here in front of the oxymeter, writing this blog and waiting for the next round of measuring the respiration rate of our test organisms, we, Mone and Vanessa – the Japan GAME Team 2016 – become a bit sad. We are realizing that these are already the final measurements and the last steps […]
What happened so far: 7.4.16, 12:30, Santiago de Chile, Airport, Team Chile is united again! But where are the suitcases with the most important thing: our microplastic material? Regrettably, we were so sleepy because of the long trip that we got confused about the luggage belts and lost one hour looking for our bags. In […]
The project in 2017 will focus on possible interactive effects between warming and grazing in marine benthic systems. Will invertebrate grazers such as isopods, sea urchins and snails consume more algal biomass when water temperatures will rise in the course of global warming? If yes, will this effect be consistent across climate zones? Furthermore, can […]
Our GAME journey, which started with an introductory course in Kiel, Germany, in March led us, Kyra and Nadine, to the small but beautiful Wales. After we started in the early-morning hours in Kiel, our train trip took us to Hamburg, Cologne, Brussels, London and finally to Bangor – or Gwynedd in Welsh. Not […]
During the GAME project in 2014, the student teams and professional camerapeople captured GAME research on the effects of microplastics on benthic invertebrates. By this they gave insights into the daily work of the GAME participants in Brazil, Indonesia, Wales, on Madeira Island, Portugal, and at GEOMAR in Kiel. In addition to this, the students […]
On Tuesday March 1st, the participants of the new GAME project will for the first time meet at GEOMAR. For the following 4 weeks, they will discuss about the scientific background of their study and will develop a methodology for the upcoming project. The preparative course, which is always held in March, is an essential […]
The new GAME project about possible interactive effects of heat stress and microplastics on benthic filter feeders is going to start soon. A preliminary project outline can now be downloaded from our website (www.geomar.de/go/game). We are still looking for a participant to team up with our Indonesian student from Bogor! Interested students, who are enrolled […]
Wer seine Masterarbeit über die Auswirkungen von Mikroplastik auf Meeresorganismen schreiben und gleichzeitig an einem globalen Forschungsprojekt teilnehmen möchte, kann sich noch für 2016 bewerben. Im Rahmen von GAME ist noch ein Projektplatz für das kommende Jahr zu vergeben. Bei Interesse bitte eine Email an den Programmkoordinator Mark Lenz (mlenz@geomar.de) schicken.
During this and the next week, the GAME participants of 2015 will present their findings about the capacity of anthozoans to tolerate ocean warming. They experimentally compared tolerance to heat stress in 14 different species of sea anemones from 7 different latitudes. The results of their study confirm the climate variability hypothesis that suggests that […]
Through a series of coincidences beyond beliefs (and it would take much more time and space to tell the full story) I finally landed in Israel. I was all by myself, with two bags, a phone number and an address. By the way, I am Marie, a German student from Marburg and I am doing […]