{"id":412,"date":"2014-07-17T09:53:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T09:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/futureoceandialogue\/?p=412"},"modified":"2014-09-02T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T10:43:52","slug":"punktlich-zum-ende-der-weltmeisterschaft-der-future-ocean-dialogue-in-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/futureoceandialogue\/2014\/07\/17\/punktlich-zum-ende-der-weltmeisterschaft-der-future-ocean-dialogue-in-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in time for the Finale of the World Cup: The “Future Ocean Dialogue” in Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"

German version: See below<\/em><\/p>\n

One week Rio de Janeiro! I had hoped that this week would leave me with many impressions but certainly not so many. I arrived Thursday night, happy to finally get a sniff of the South American air again with a little time the next day to acclimatize and to fully focus on football (Image 1).<\/p>\n

Rarely have I heard so many people of different nations celebrating peacefully together, dancing and singing at the Copacabana after Germany and Brazil had qualified for the semi-finals. One could admire samba, salsa and cumbia dancers from all over South America, coupled with the rhythmic “Schlaaaand” call of the Germans and all set against the wonderful ambience of the Atlantic. I must say I was a bit surprised at how many beautiful city beaches there are in Rio de Janeiro, a city with a profound connection to the sea, a wonderful place for the second stage of the mobile exhibition of the “Future Ocean”.<\/p>\n

First, before the exhibition opening on Monday, everything had to be checked again for functionality: the video presentations and the interactive monitors (Image 2). Since I hadn\u2019t yet seen the exhibition, I had to first familiarize myself with some things.<\/p>\n

On Monday the opening of the exhibition took place, at which Vice-Admiral Armando de Senna Bittencourt, who is also the director of the museum, Joachim Schemel, the Vice-Consul of the German Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, as well as from Christian M\u00fcller, head of the DAAD in Brazil all made some introductory remarks. In addition to the beautiful ambience of the “Naval Museum” in Rio de Janeiro, the guests were also able to enjoy the sight of marines in white uniforms at the reception (Image 3).<\/p>\n

At the opening, in addition to representatives of the Navy, many scientists and students were very impressed by the different themes of the exhibition (Image 4). I think that the “plastic waste in the oceans” module made a particularly lasting impression because many people are not aware of how long plastic garbage takes to decompose (up to 500 years) and how bad the plastic waste pollution problem is. (Image 5).<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Prof. Dr. Leticia Cotrim da Cunha from the University of Rio de Janeiro and I each gave talks at the Navy Museum by on oxygen minimum zones in the oceans and ocean acidification. These talks were part of the lecture series “German-Brazilian Lectures on Climate Change Effects on the Oceans”. The lecture series was surprisingly well attended, in spite of the semi-final between Brazil and Germany having taken place a day before, which we all know how it turned out.<\/p>\n

That evening for a short time the dancing and singing stopped in the city. I had never seen Rio de Janeiro as quiet as on this evening. It was all the more beautiful was to see that the Brazilians did not take too long to return back to their natural happiness and most of their energy from then on was used in cheering for the German team.<\/p>\n

All in all, it was an incredible week with lots of great impressions and conversations, even if I have to say that I was finally glad to be back in Germany for the final. For can you celebrate being World Champions (!!!) as in your own country.<\/p>\n

Patricia Grasse<\/p>\n\n\n\t