Part 1: Setting Sails in Vancouver

The CLOCK is set for SO294 +++english version below+++ Nachdem ein erster Voraustrupp am 09&10. September unter Hochdruck den Großteil des Geräteaufbaus auf dem FS SONNE gestemmt hat, erreicht auch der Haupttrupp Vancouver am 12. September. Um 2 Uhr morgens legt die RV SONNE am Dienstag, 13, September, ab mit dem Team von SO294 an […]

from Cape Verde Blog

#MSM106 Floating University – Our time in Germany

After the cruise MSM106 some of the WASCAL students spent some time in Germany at different institutes to work on their Master thesis. Here are some impressions from the students. Nach der Expedition MSM106 verbrachten einige der WASCAL-Studierenden einige Zeit in Deutschland an verschiedenen Instituten, um an ihrer Masterarbeit zu arbeiten. Hier sind einige Eindrücke […]

from Cape Verde Blog

#MSM106 Floating University – Live stream tour onboard of RV Maria S. Merian

The 10th of March was a special day for the students. The Expedition MSM106 took part in the UN Ocean Decade Ocean Laboratory “A Healthy and Resilient Ocean” as a satellite activity. The students produced a live-stream video from the Atlantic Ocean onboard of R/V Maria S. Merian. Melissa Ndure from Sierra Leone guided the […]

from Cape Verde Blog

#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 […]

from Cape Verde Blog

#MSM106 Floating University #IAmScience

German version below Tales of A Marine Scientist Growing up, I have always been fascinated by the sea- this endless beautiful body of water. People loved to go to the beach for recreation, but I always wanted to see what the sea brought to land-shells, plants, shoes. It was a different kind of love. So, […]

from Cape Verde Blog

#MSM106 Floating University -Come Along – My First Research Cruise Experience

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a research cruise? Ever since I joined the WASCAL master’s program in Climate Change and Marine Sciences, I have earnestly been waiting for the program’s shipboard training component.  My expectations prior to the cruise were quite high as I could not wait to immerse […]

from Cape Verde Blog

#MSM106 WASCAL FLOATING UNIVERSITY: The Ocean around us

>deutsche Fassung siehe weiter unten< It is unbelievable that around Cabo Verde, there exists a large expanse of blue water bigger than a River. The research voyage on the R/V MARIA S. MERIAN began on February 26, 2022 and we are still excited and impressed by the famous big blue ‘water body’ that is called OCEAN. […]

All aboard SO289!

(deutsche Version unten) With 33 scientists and 32 crew members on board, on the 22nd of February 2022 the Sonne expedition SO289 left Talcahuano, Chile, to conduct a South Pacific section as a part of the International GEOTRACES Program for assessing sources, sinks, distributions and internal cycling of trace elements and their isotopes in the […]

from Cape Verde Blog

#MSM106 WASCAL Floating University-Our excitement prior to Cruise

>German version below< The research trip on R/V MARIA S. MERIAN was scheduled to start on the 26th of February, 2022 and we were all excited and couldn’t wait to get started. This cruise being one of the scholarship packages of Climate Change and Marine Sciences under WASCAL motivated most of us and raised our […]