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#MSM106 My story at WASCAL Cabo Verde, Universidade Técnica do Atlântico

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 […]

Last days at sea and arriving in Noumea, New Caledonia

[deutsche Version unten] 7th Weekly Report(4th April – 8th April 2022) Our last station (station 44) was conducted in the early morning of April 4. Immediately after the station was finished, we departed for Noumea, and started analysing the last set of samples, clearing our laboratories and packing our boxes and loading the containers.The packing […]

Observations of Monowai volcano cone and mercury in the South Pacific Ocean

[Deutsche Version unten] Weekly Report SO289 Progress: We have had a successful week, following our unplanned detour to Tahiti. We commenced sampling again on March 23 and have been able to conduct daily station occupations with CTD casts and in situ pump deployments (Fig. 1). The weather has been variable with winds up to force […]

Observations of surface ocean pH and pCO2, and (micro-)nutrient control of ocean productivity in the South Pacific Ocean

[deutsche Version unten] 5th Weekly Report SO289 Progress: We have had a successful last few days, following our unplanned detour to Tahiti. We commenced sampling again on Wednesday morning (March 23) just outside the EEZ of French Polynesia and have been able to conduct daily station occupations with CTD casts and in situ pump deployments. […]

Observations of plastic litter, underwater images with video camera and seafloor bathymetry

4th Weekly report SO289 (deutsche Version unten) Progress: We have had a successful week, and until Friday night (March 18), we were able to conduct daily station occupations with CTD casts and in situ pump deployments. We have made steady progress west towards Noumea along our 31.5°S latitude cruise track. Surface waters from the tow-fish […]

Biological nitrogen fixation across the subtropical South Pacific Ocean

(deutsche Version unten) This is the second scientific cruise that I joined since my arrival at GEOMAR in 2021. This time we flew to Valparaiso, Chile and boarded the German research vessel RV SONNE, and started our journey across the entire South Pacific to New Caledonia. On this cruise, SO289, which is part of the […]