Visiting an international conference as a Master’s student In July, the International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution (ICSLPE) was held for the second time. This year it took place on the beautiful island of Lipari. My name is Luisa Rollwage and I am a Master’s student of geophysics at Kiel University. During my […]
by Eleonora Puccinelli You’ll find some of the smallest things on earth living in the ocean from the surface to the seafloor. Despite their teeny tiny size, these organisms are the ones literally getting the ball rolling. We call them plankton, and we can separate them into phytoplankton and zooplankton. Phytoplankton are microscopic plant-like organisms, […]
von Eleonora Puccinelli Im Ozean, von der Oberfläche bis zum Meeresboden, leben einige der kleinsten Lebewesen der Erde. Trotz ihrer winzigen Größe sind diese Organismen diejenigen, die buchstäblich den Ball ins Rollen bringen. Wir nennen sie Plankton, und wir unterteilen sie in Phytoplankton und Zooplankton unterteilen. Phytoplankton sind mikroskopisch kleine pflanzenähnliche Organismen, die man sich […]
If you ever had sleepless nights, wondering what were the most important samples taken during this METEOR cruise, don’t dispair – we got you! The simple answer is: eDNA water samples! Okay, we admit it, we might be a bit biased as we are part of the eDNA sampling team; most likely the answer will […]
Wenn du jemals schlaflose Nächte hattest und dich gefragt hast, was die wichtigsten Proben sind, die während der Expedition mit der METEOR genommen wurden, dann lass dich nicht entmutigen – wir haben eine Lösung! Die Antwort ist einfach: eDNA-Wasserproben! Okay, wir geben zu, dass wir vielleicht etwas voreingenommen sind, da wir zum eDNA-Team gehören; wahrscheinlich […]
An unexpected Escort mission Every once in a while, as exciting as it is, research needs to give way to more pressing matters. After having gotten to the vicinity of our third study area, Sermilik, in the afternoon of 23 July, we were all ready to establish our mammal observation shifts and to dive into […]
Usually, when cruising on the ocean, the landscape doesn´t differ much: waves upon waves, that might vary in their hues of blue, accompanied by skies that either grey or also blue. And even though this view might be fascinating on the first few days, when spending several weeks aboard a research vessel, seeing nothing else […]
Imagine you are living in a city where it typically rains a lot, the skies tend to be grey, and a dry heaven combined with a single sunbeam breaking through is considered “good weather”. That´s Kiel for you. The city where I, Lisa, have been living since September, with the perfect timing to get a glimpse of how nice […]
Mooring recovery: The mooring team (Kieran, Gabby and Shannon) started out strong with a successful recovery of the mooring that was deployed August of 2023! After some heavy lifting and lots of help from the Meteor crew (thank you crew!! ☺), the mooring was recovered just one hour after its release !!! Data Evaluation: […]
Das Verankerungsteam (Kieran, Gabby und Shannon) begann mit einer erfolgreichen Bergung der Verankerung, die im August 2023 ausgesetzt worden war! Nach schwerem Heben und viel Hilfe von der Meteor-Besatzung (vielen Dank an die Besatzung!! ☺) wurde die Verankerung nur eine Stunde nach ihrem Release geborgen!!! Datenauswertung Die geborgene Verankerung hat ein Jahr lang (August 2023 […]