by Riel Carlo O. Ingeniero Due to an unforeseen event (see cruise report for more details), we have to cut our research expedition short and head back to Singapore. The R/V Sonne has been docked at the Singapore Cruise Centre at the HarbourFront in Singapore for a week now. Today, we will be disembarking from […]
von Kira Lange, GEOMAR Helmholtz Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Bzzz bzzz. Der Wecker klingelt morgens um 3.45 Uhr. Der erste verschlafene Blick des Tages geht auf DSHIP. DSHIP ist eine Plattform, auf der die Position des Schiffs und der CTD, einem Gerät, mit dem man Salzgehalt, Temperatur, Tiefe und weitere Parameter messen kann, angezeigt wird. […]
By Kira Lange, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Bzzz bzzz. The alarm rings at 3.45 am. Still half asleep, we check the ship’s position and status of the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth-device, in short, CTD. At which depth is the CTD? Thank God, there is still 400 m to go. This means there is still enough […]
von Dr. Birgit Quack, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Es gibt zwei Bereiche in unserer Atmosphäre, in denen das Spurengas Ozon besonders wichtig ist: in der Stratosphäre und in der Grenzschicht an der Erdoberfläche. In der oberen Region unserer Atmosphäre, der Stratosphäre, entsteht Ozon durch den Zerfall von Sauerstoff im Sonnenlicht und wirkt als wichtiger […]
by Dr. Birgit Quack, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel There are two regions of our atmosphere where the trace gas ozone is especially important: in the stratosphere and in the surface boundary layer. In the upper region of our atmosphere, the stratosphere ozone is produced from the sunlit decay of oxygen and acts […]
This blog post was inspired by the books “Forces of Nature – The Women who Changed Science” by Anna Reser and Leila McNeill and “Women in Science – 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World“ by Rachel Ignotofsky. Both shed light on a wide variety of women in science and their contributions. Here, I was […]
by Qingwen Zhong (edited by Riel Ingeniero) I am a PhD student in physical oceanography. SO305 is my second research cruise in the eastern Indian Ocean, but I feel like everything seems new to me, and I am learning a lot from everyone on this cruise. Honestly, this whole experience has been nothing short of […]
von Dr. Gesa Schulz, Universität Hamburg Isotope sind verschiedene Atome eines Elements, die die gleiche Anzahl von Protonen aber unterschiedlich viele Neutronen im Atomkern haben und sich somit in ihrer atomaren Masse unterscheiden. Unterteilt werden sie in stabile und instabile Isotope, wobei letztere über die Zeit radioaktiven Zerfall vorweisen. Die Analyse von stabilen Isotopen ist […]
by Dr. Gesa Schulz Isotopes are atoms of the same element with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in the atomic nucleus. Therefore, isotopes differ in their atomic mass. They are divided into stable isotopes and unstable isotopes, with the latter exhibiting radioactive decay over time. The analysis of stable isotopes […]
by: Martha Gledhill, Anja Conventz, Albert Firus (GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel) When the other scientists or the crew of the SO305 walk past the door of “Dry-Lab II”, they often wonder about the interesting outfits worn by us – Martha, Anja and Albert. Our laboratory itself also looks different from the other laboratories on board the SONNE. This is […]