Supervising sensitive deep-sea sensors / Überwachung sensibler Tiefsee-Sensoren

Sensitive deep-sea research technology. / Sensible Tiefseeforschungs-Technologie. Photo: Elena Schiller, Julia Otte

by Elena Schiller, AWI (deutsch s. u.) Essentials of deep-sea research technology: The first thing I learnt upon entering a deep sea technology workshop was “non-corrosive steel is non-corroded on the day of delivery”, which leads me to my first topic: materials. We tend to avoid most metals because seawater is highly corrosive. So we […]

A small world between grains / Eine kleine Welt zwischen den Sandkörnern

The Multicorer being recoverd / Der Multicorer kommt nach erfolgreichem Einsatz mit gefüllten Rohren zurück an Deck. Photo: Julia Otte

by Dr. Sven Rossel, Katja Uhlenkott und Ann-Kathrin Weßel (deutsch s.u.) “Ah, you’re playing with mud again.” That is something biologists and geologists hear quite often on board. And yes, we are one of the parties “playing with mud”. But actually we, the biologists from Senckenberg, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research, are not interested […]