{"id":632,"date":"2014-10-27T22:20:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T21:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/?p=632"},"modified":"2014-10-27T22:20:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T21:20:50","slug":"who-is-kosmos-pt-1-wer-ist-kosmos-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/2014\/10\/27\/who-is-kosmos-pt-1-wer-ist-kosmos-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Who is KOSMOS&#8221; Pt. 1 | &#8220;Wer ist KOSMOS&#8221; Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>[deutsche Version unten]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The experiment is already running for four weeks now and we still haven\u2019t introduced all members of the project. Starting with the<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_635\" style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/KOSMOS_high-res-drawing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635\" class=\"wp-image-635 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/KOSMOS_high-res-drawing-100x300.png\" alt=\"The KOSMOS mesocosm platform, lets start at the air-sea interface\" width=\"100\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/KOSMOS_high-res-drawing-100x300.png 100w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/KOSMOS_high-res-drawing-341x1024.png 341w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/KOSMOS_high-res-drawing.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The KOSMOS mesocosm platform, lets start at the air-sea interface<\/p><\/div>\n<p>series \u201cWho is KOSMOS\u201d we take the chance to present each of the groups taking part in the study. As an alphabetic order seems rather boring, we will follow an order our mesocosms dictate. Starting at the surface, where the atmosphere meets the ocean, we\u2019ll go down the water column until we eventually reach the sediment trap.<\/p>\n<p>So without further ado, we start off with the people interested in air-sea fluxes or processes related to the surface ocean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team DMSP<\/strong> (Dimethylsulfoniopropionate) consists of Steve Archer, Kerstin Suffrian and Kevin Posman . The non-scientific readers of the blog are probably not familiar with this chemical compound you can find in many marine plants. However, you all have probably smelled it\u2019s breakdown product DMS, as it\u2019s what you know as the \u201csmell of the sea\u201d when you walk along the coast. Although this alone doesn\u2019t quite justify the interest of us in DMSP, the fact that DMS is believed to have an influence on cloud formation and ultimately the earth\u2019s heat budget does.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_633\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/IMG_7331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-633\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/IMG_7331-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Kerstin and Kevin from Team DMSP\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/IMG_7331-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/IMG_7331-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/10\/IMG_7331.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerstin and Kevin from Team DMSP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With a travel time of more than 10 hours, they are certainly the ones furthest away from their home institute, the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Next up we have <strong>Team Nitrogen fixation<\/strong>. Arvind Singh and Stephanie Linsenbarth are looking at both heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrogen fixation in the mesocosms. It is believed, that nitrogen fixers have an advantage in oligotrophic (nutrient poor) waters. Where other organisms starve, they simply take the missing nitrate from the atmosphere. Smart, ey? Will they outcompete others in this study? And how will they deal with future ocean conditions? Arvind and Stephanie will hopefully find some missing pieces to this puzzle during the KOSMOS experiment.<\/p>\n<p>This is it for the first part of the series \u201cWho is KOSMOS\u201d! Stay tuned to meet the rest of the \u201cgang\u201d, they are a lovely bunch!<\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">_______<\/p>\n<p>Das Experiment l\u00e4uft nun schon seit fast vier Wochen und wir haben immernoch nicht alle Teilnehmer vorgestellt. Daher fangen wir die Reihe von Beitr\u00e4gen \u201cWer ist KOSMOS\u201d an, in der wir die Chance nutzen jede Gruppe einzeln vorzustellen. Da ein alphabetisches Vorgehen etwas langweilig ist, folgen wir dem Mesokosmos einfach in die Tiefe. Wir beginnen an der Grenze von Atmosph\u00e4re zum Ozean und arbeiten uns durch die Wassers\u00e4ule bis zur Sedimentfalle durch.<\/p>\n<p>Kommen wir also, ohne weiter Umst\u00e4nde, zu den Gruppen, welche sich mit Luft-Wasser Fl\u00fcssen und Prozessen im Oberfl\u00e4chenozean besch\u00e4ftigen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team DMSP<\/strong> (Dimethylsulfoniopropionate) besteht aus Steve Archer, Kerstin Suffrian und Kevin Posman. Dem nicht-wissenschaftlichen Leser dieses Blogs mag diese chemische Verbindung, die man in vielen marinen Pflanzen findet, nicht viel sagen. Und doch gehe ich jede Wette ein, dass jedem dessen Abbauprodukt DMS bekannt ist. Dieses ist n\u00e4mlich leicht fl\u00fcchtig und f\u00fcr den allgemein hin bekannten \u201eSeegeruch\u201c des Meeres verantwortlich. Ein Interessanter Fakt, aber bei einem romantischen Strandspaziergang, mag der Satz \u201eHier riecht es aber sehr nach DMS\u201c zwar fachlich korrekter, aber nicht wirklich passend klingen. \u00a0Dies ist nat\u00fcrlich nicht der Grund, warum Team DMSP an diesem Stoff interessiert ist. Vielmehr hat es mit der Rolle von DMS in der Wolkenbildung zu tun. Es ist damit ein m\u00f6glicherweise wichtiger Faktor in der Regulierung des W\u00e4rmehaushalts unserer Erde.<\/p>\n<p>Mit einer Anreisezeit von mehr als 10 Stunden, ist das Team vom Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences aus den USA auf jeden Fall jenes, mit der gr\u00f6\u00dften Entfernung von zu Hause.<\/p>\n<p>Als n\u00e4chstes haben wir das <strong>Team Nitrogen fixation<\/strong>. Arvind Singh und Stephanie Linsenbarth sind an heterotropher und autotropher Fixierung von Stickstoff in den Mesokosmen interessiert. Man vermutet, dass jene Organismen, die Stickstoff fixieren k\u00f6nnen in n\u00e4hrstoffarmen Gew\u00e4ssern im Vorteil sind. Wo andere Hunger leiden, ziehen diese einfach den fehlenden Stickstoff aus der Atmosph\u00e4re. Schlau, oder? Werden diese Organismen anderen \u00fcberlegen sein? Und wie werden sie mit den Bedingungen im zuk\u00fcnftigen Ozean klarkommen?<\/p>\n<p>Arvind und Stephanie werden sicherlich einige der fehlenden Puzzle-Teile w\u00e4hrend des KOSMOS Experiments finden.<\/p>\n<p>Damit beende ich den ersten Teil der Serie \u201cWer ist KOSMOS\u201d! Folgt unseren Beitr\u00e4gen um auch noch den Rest der \u201cGang\u201d kennen zu lernen! Es lohnt sich, ist \u2018ne lustige Truppe!<\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[deutsche Version unten] The experiment is already running for four weeks now and we still haven\u2019t introduced all members of the project. Starting with the series \u201cWho is KOSMOS\u201d we take the chance to present each of the groups taking part in the study. 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