Even though we had a bit of a swell, we were able to sample our first station on December 8. Besides a successful deployment of the CTD/Niskin rosette, which collects water throughout the water column, the underway seawater system, and pumps that filter in situ, we also deployed the box and multi corer for sediment. […]
SO279 Setting Sail
The research cruise with the German Research Vessel SONNE (SO279) focuses on the North Atlantic plastic transport mechanisms, sinks, and interactions with biota (NAPTRAM) and supports two major projects: the JPI-Oceans project HOTMIC (“HOrizontal and vertical oceanic distribution, Transport, and impact of MICroplastics”) and the BMBF funded project PLASTISEA (‘Harvesting the marine Plastisphere for novel […]
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Slowly but surely
Hola and greetings from Vigo, Spain. My name is Jacob, and I have the somewhat unique experience of being an American student in the Biological Oceanography master’s program at GEOMAR, participating in this year’s GAME project. After months of waiting for international travel to once again be possible, I am happy to report that I […]
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Oceanography advent calendar? Yes, please!
“Kitchen Oceanography” means doing simple experiments with household items and learning a lot about ocean physics along the way. The “24 days of kitchen oceanography” advent calendar is a perfect way to get involved! From December 1st, there will be daily experiments posted all throughout to the 24th — come over and join in the […]
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Recover and return
— Deutscher Text folgt unten — The fifth week of our cruise was dominated by the finalization of work and the coordination of the recovery of the PAP ODAS buoy. Following a general enquiry by British colleagues from National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to recover this scientific equipment, it had become clear that we could create […]
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Image analysis
by Benson MbaniTwo weeks into my summer holiday, while dancing along to the Jerusalema dance challenge, an email came through which needed urgent action. Usually while on holiday, I only briefly check emails every few days, and only respond to urgent ones. It was from Dr. Timm Schoening – my supervisor and chief scientist for […]
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Surprise MUC
— Deutscher Text folgt unten — The geochemistry group leader runs into the mess, shouting “SURPRISE MUC IN 15 MINUTES!”. Our adrenaline levels shoot through the roof. Everyone leaves their coffee/tea behind, we walk rather quickly (no running on deck!), clothes get changed, everyone is on their post. After three weeks on the research vessel, […]
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Nachbarschaftshilfe
— Deutscher Text folgt unten — Yesterday our research trip turned into a rescue mission for some time. What had happened? Maybe you remember the heavy storm we reported about at the beginning of our trip, which forced us to change our work area. It was exactly this storm that damaged a long-term ocean observation […]
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The mysteries of deep-sea sediments
— Deutscher Text folgt unten — We as geochemists are excited about sediments… and pore water! If you think it is all the same in the deep-sea, you are wrong. The sediments are very diverse and studying this diversity is also the purpose of our cruise. We can already see and feel this – oh […]
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Day and Night
— Deutscher Text folgt unten — Nineteen days into the science program we are currently finishing the 57th station of this cruise before heading into a night of mapping again. Since leaving the EEZ of Ireland on October 13th, we have already travelled 2950 nautical miles in total (ca. 5460km) within international waters. We deployed […]