This blog aims to highlight a kaleidoscope of ongoing multi-facetted research activities at or near the Cape Verde Archipelago off West Africa More info
After the cruise MSM106 some of the WASCAL students spent some time in Germany at different institutes to work on their Master thesis. Here are some impressions from the students. Nach der Expedition MSM106 verbrachten einige der WASCAL-Studierenden einige Zeit in Deutschland an verschiedenen Instituten, um an ihrer Masterarbeit zu arbeiten. Hier sind einige Eindrücke […]
The 10th of March was a special day for the students. The Expedition MSM106 took part in the UN Ocean Decade Ocean Laboratory “A Healthy and Resilient Ocean” as a satellite activity. The students produced a live-stream video from the Atlantic Ocean onboard of R/V Maria S. Merian. Melissa Ndure from Sierra Leone guided the […]
What would you expect to see on a research vessel crossing the North-East Atlantic ocean on its way from Cape Verde to Germany? What do you think about the life onboard? Herein, we want to talk about the progress of the work within the expedition MSM106, the free time, the policies onboard, how we deal […]
German version below I am Gilles Florent SORO, I come from the Côte d’Ivoire, I have a degree in Biological Sciences from the University Peleforo Gon Coulibaly of Korhogo. Since my childhood, I have always been passionate about studying the environment, so my academic career is in this logic. Today, as a Master of Climate […]
German version below Tales of A Marine Scientist Growing up, I have always been fascinated by the sea- this endless beautiful body of water. People loved to go to the beach for recreation, but I always wanted to see what the sea brought to land-shells, plants, shoes. It was a different kind of love. So, […]
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a research cruise? Ever since I joined the WASCAL master’s program in Climate Change and Marine Sciences, I have earnestly been waiting for the program’s shipboard training component. My expectations prior to the cruise were quite high as I could not wait to immerse […]
>deutsche Fassung siehe weiter unten< It is unbelievable that around Cabo Verde, there exists a large expanse of blue water bigger than a River. The research voyage on the R/V MARIA S. MERIAN began on February 26, 2022 and we are still excited and impressed by the famous big blue ‘water body’ that is called OCEAN. […]
>German version below< The research trip on R/V MARIA S. MERIAN was scheduled to start on the 26th of February, 2022 and we were all excited and couldn’t wait to get started. This cruise being one of the scholarship packages of Climate Change and Marine Sciences under WASCAL motivated most of us and raised our […]
>German version below< It’s kind of crazy that you want to investigate the oceans and have to go to the mountains first. Huh, why is that? I haven’t quite understood it yet myself , but that is what I did.Due to the Corona pandemic, it is unfortunately no longer so easy to explore the ocean […]
*** English version below*** Die Expedition MSM61 hat vor fast einem Monat begonnen und weil es eine so kurze Fahrt war, ist sie auch schon seit zwei Wochen wieder vorbei. „Kurz“ ist dabei aber nicht gleichzusetzen mit „wenig passiert“. Für mich war es die erste Fahrt auf einem großen Forschungsschiff fern der Ostsee und ich […]