We have arrived! Today, on 10 January 2026, the FS METEOR entered the port of Limassol in Cyprus. The city welcomes us with windy but sunny weather. After two days of transit from our work area to the east, we are glad to feel solid ground under our feet again, because at the end of […]
Weather forecasters on the high seas: the work of ship meteorologists on the FS METEOR
What happens on a research vessel when the weather is bad? We have been quite lucky with the weather and sea conditions so far. The average day has mostly consisted of blue skies, hardly any swell or wind, and the clouds that have appeared in the sky from time to time have looked more like […]
Autonomous over the seabed: AUVs Kalle and Anton on a mission
It’s the final sprint! The last few days of the M215 (MMC – 3) were once again used to the full. The measuring instruments that recorded seismic activity and ocean floor magnetotellurics during the expedition are being recovered and the data secured, the MOMO video sled is going on dives and our AUVs are also […]
Greetings from the night watch
A typical evening on our expedition is probably more relaxed than on many others. This is because most of our measurements require daylight, so most team members have an almost normal sleep pattern – unless it unexpectedly gets late in the laboratory, which can happen. Otherwise, in the evenings, you’ll find the team members sitting […]
Things unseen, in front of the camera: How the video sled MOMO illuminates the seabed
Happy New Year! We celebrated New Year’s Eve on board the FS METEOR with a relaxed evening, toasting the New Year together at midnight. We have had a good start with the new year and will continue with our measurements on the FS METEOR right away. A new year of research begins with a dive […]
from POS 527 STEMM-CCS Blog
Messung von pH-Wert-Änderungen im Meerwasser
Dies ist bereits der 11. Tag unserer Forschungsreise in die Nordsee. Hier wollen wir die Chemie der Wassersäule sowie die Biogeochemie und Ökologie des Meeresbodens an einem Ort untersuchen, an dem wir im nächsten Jahr experimentell Kohlendioxid unter dem Meeresboden freisetzen werden. Kohlendioxid experminentell freisetzen — das klingt nach einem merkwürdigen wissenschaftlichen Ziel. Aber es […]
from POS 527 STEMM-CCS Blog
Expedition POS527 ist unterwegs
Die Expedition POS527 mit dem Forschungsschiff POSEIDON zur Goldeneye Region in der Nordsee ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil des STEMM-CCS Projektes. Ausrüstung und Abreise Startpunkt für die Expedition war am 14. August 2018 in Kiel. Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer reisten vom Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK), vom National Oceanography Centre Southampton (UK), vom MPI Marine Microbiology (Bremen), […]
NYE – Leg 4 to Hong Kong Starts Tomorrow
What a great and fascinating Leg from Cape Town to Melbourne we can look back on. The whole fleet arrived in the Melbourne Docklands. The team was able to take care of our scientific unit despite the extreme conditions and swell. As you can see from the next plot we already acquired a big chunk […]