Written by Clara Winguth, Master’s student at GEOMAR. If you’ve caught a glimpse of the biological oceanography scientists on SO307, you may have noticed us rocking some fashionable polar jumpsuits, disappearing into the red-lit climate labs and thought to yourself, ‘what is going on here?’ Well, lucky for you, I’m here to give you the […]
Written by Dr. Carsten Lüter, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. The deep sea is full of weird looking creatures which through the course of evolution have adapted to the inhospitable conditions of their environment such as eternal darkness, low temperatures, high pressure and the erratic availability of food. We biologists onboard the SONNE are particularly interested […]
Geschrieben von Dr. Carsten Lüter, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Die Tiefsee ist voll mit seltsam anmutenden Wesen, die sich im Laufe der Evolution an die unwirtlichen Bedingungen dieses Lebensraums angepasst haben: ewige Dunkelheit, tiefe Temperaturen, hoher Druck und sporadische Verfügbarkeit von Nahrung. Wir Biologen an Bord der SONNE sind sehr daran interessiert, diese Diversität der […]
Pozdrav iz Pule! Meet Barbara and Catarina, two students to whom the Meeresschule (Marine School) in Pula is their home since April. Barbara (24) from Croatia is studying experimental biology, module physiology and immunobiology at The Faculty of Science in Zagreb. She is interested in implementing human health in the field of sustainable development, but […]
Geschrieben von: Jakob Lang Was machen GeowissenschaftlerInnen auf einem Schiff und wie bekommen sie eigentlich ihre heißgeliebten Gesteine? Was ist eigentlich eine Dredge und wie geht es mit den Steinen weiter? Eine kurze Einführung in die Beprobung des Ozeanbodens. Hier an Bord der R/V Sonne können wir schlecht mit Hammer und Kompass ins Gelände gehen, […]
What do geoscientists do on a ship and how do they get their precious rocks after all? What is a dredge and how are the rocks processed on board? A short introduction into seafloor sampling.
Die Wissenschaft hat viele Formen. Man kann Stunden im Labor verbringen und Experimente durchführen, vor dem Computer sitzen und Modelle entwickeln oder in aller Ruhe vor einem leeren Blatt Papier seine Gedanken sammeln. Aber manchmal bedeutet Wissenschaft auch, in die Welt hinauszugehen und seine Ideen zu testen. Genau darum geht es bei der Expedition SO307. […]
Science takes many forms. You can spend hours in the lab running experiments, sit in front of your computer building models, or gather your thoughts quietly in front of a blank piece of paper. But sometimes, science means going out into the world to test your ideas. That’s exactly what Expedition SO307 is all about. […]
When in January 2020 I started my PhD in Plant Ecology, I felt a mix of enthusiasm and anxiety. I knew the journey I was beginning would be arduous, and that was even before the several events that ended up making it even tougher than I expected. What follows is a recap of perhaps the […]
To unveil the ecological niche of pelagic top predator megafauna such as beaked whales, sperm whales and dolphins (but also seabirds, sharks, tuna and billfish), it is vital to know more about the prey they feed on, such as mid-water fish and cephalopods. These often lilliputian oceanic micronekton (with jellyfish and shrimp) migrate to the […]