Oceanographic pioneer Maurice Ewing is reported to have advised his students that the key to discovery is to take a new instrument to a place where no one has explored before. The midwater research conducted off the Cape Verde Islands during Poseidon Cruise 520 is a fine example of that research philosophy. The unique combination […]
by Nuno Vieira (INDP) During POS520 I help my German colleagues to collect environmental data with a CTD and water sampler rosette. I filter seawater samples taken in different depths to determine its oxygen content, and I assist in operating the Microstructure Probe which is used to profile the vertical current structure of the ocean. […]
(Deutsche Version unten) Our cruise on the RV POSEIDON slowly comes to an end and today is the last day of sampling. My task during this cruise is sampling environmental DNA (eDNA). eDNA is defined as genetic material obtained directly from environmental samples, in our case water samples of different depths, without any obvious signs […]
(Deutsche Version unten) Finally, we have JAGO back on board the FS POSEIDON once again, and this time in an even warmer working area. We gladly left the gray winter in Kiel behind for this cruise. Every time we pull the yellow submersible out of the transport container on the deck of POSEIDON, it’s like […]
(Deutsche Version unten) Between the 14 Feb and 1 March 2018 expedition POS520 with RV POSEIDON and the submersible JAGO takes place off the coast of the cape verde island Santo Antão. The chief scientist, the JAGO team and participants of the cruise write here as guest writers. Today Henk-Jan Hoving, GEOMAR, Deep Sea Biologist, […]
We finally published our research article on the choice of regeneration in the invasive comb jelly. you can follow the PR, as well as a link to the paper here: https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/wundheilung-oder-neue-koerperteile-die-umwelt-entscheidet/ Here you can also find an interesting short movie on how we cut the larvae into half. complete larvae has two tentacles and were […]
that is the top slogan for tomorrow’s march. 22nd April is named as “Earth Day” and gets celebrated worldwide since 1970. This year, however, will be a special event after all what had happened during and after the US presidential election when Donald Trump called climate change as a bluff: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-scientists-politics-trump-20170209-story.html organizers of “March for […]
Ocean Explorer (http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) has sighted a deep sea jellyfish trachymedusae, a real treat for the eyes: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1702/dailyupdates/media/video/dive06_jellyfish/jellyfish.html
Endlich sind die ersten Nachrichten des Jahres über Quallen in der Kieler Förde raus. Die Fragen wiederholen sich oft: Was ist das für eine Qualle? Gibt es eine Quallenplage dieses Jahr? Wie gefährlich sind sie? etc. Ich werde versuchen alle meine Interviews hier zu posten, sodass nach eine Weile eine Seite mit FAQ zustande kommt.
Was hat ein englischer Geschäftsmann auf den Markt gebracht? A) Qualleneis, das im Dunkeln leuchtet B) Chilisoße, die brennbar ist C) Pizza, die sich in der Mikrowelle um das fünffache vergrößert Das war eine der Fragen in der Sendung “Wer weiss denn so was?” in der ARD: http://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/quiz-show/wer-weiss-denn-sowas/index.html Die Antwort: Herr Charlie Harry Francis hat […]