The METEOR’s final voyage will once again take it across the Atlantic, from Recife in Brazil to Emden, following in the footsteps of the first METEOR. The focus is on measurements in the tropical Atlantic, which are intended to show how key current systems and heat transport in the ocean are changing. In addition, a new measuring buoy will be installed off the Cape Verde Islands during the voyage to monitor the exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere over the long term. Afterwards, the research vessel with the traditional name will be decommissioned.