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Biological Oceanography
in a Changing Ocean
CHASING EDDIES
"Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land?" Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Diazotrophs: The ocean’s natural fertilizers
Similar to the human body that contains trillions of microbial cells that help us with our metabolic functions and health, marine...
Dec 8, 20222 min read
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Everything works out
This blog post is meant to be an acknowledgment of everyone’s work. It is when you have the best team of people that responsibility...
Dec 8, 20222 min read
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Organic matter: does size matter?
The Bentayga is an eddy that rotates clockwise, which affects how the organic matter produced and used by organisms that inhabit the...
Dec 7, 20222 min read
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KUN-YU
Hay un término japonés que me gusta mucho tener presente y que aprendí en mis años de práctica del karate que se llama KUN-YU, y viene a...
Dec 6, 20224 min read
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Deciphering Eddy Bentayga
At the base of Roque Bentayga, in Gran Canaria, rock art impressions are preserved in the libyco-berber alphabet, indicating the origin...
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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Vitamins in Eddies
B-vitamins you may find in your vitamin supplements (cobalamin B12, biotin B7, pyridoxin B6, riboflavin B2, thiamin B1) are important for...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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Big tiny plankton: sailing through diversity
Mr. Lawrence showing an example of a microscope image taken onboard the e-IMPACT cruise (Image font: Sheldon J. Plankton character from...
Nov 28, 20222 min read
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Proxies to elucidate an eddie's life history
An essential part of studying eddies is their biogeochemical characterization. Thanks to the high resolution of this study, we’re able to...
Nov 27, 20222 min read
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The first sampling
On November 16, we began the first sampling of the cruise, beginning with a time series to study the center of the eddy for 24 hours. We...
Nov 25, 20223 min read
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Understanding the eddies
We are south of the Canary Islands to study eddies, which are a phenomenon that consists of circular currents of water propagating...
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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Comprendiendo los remolinos
Nos encontramos al sur de las Islas Canarias para estudiar los remolinos, que son un fenómeno que consiste en cuerpos de agua que giran...
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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The Effort Before Science
Planning a scientific cruise, we scientists have high expectations of how the month ahead should be. Little time margin is included for...
Nov 20, 20222 min read
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CHASING EDDIES
"Why upon your first voyage as a passenger, did you yourself feel such a mystical vibration, when first told that you and your ship were now out of sight of land?" Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Entre trasnoches
Mientras perseguíamos el núcleo de Nublo, que nos evadía rebelde, tuvimos un momento para parar y mirar a nuestro alrededor. Han pasado...
Ianna Luna
Aug 14, 20223 min read
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Once the storm is over...
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the...
Javier Arístegui
Aug 13, 20222 min read
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De recolectores y cazadores
En los albores de la humanidad, hace más de 2,5 millones de años, la dimensión social de nuestra especie se cimentó en la recolección y...
Xosé Antón Álvarez Salgado
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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De colleitadores e cazadores
Nos albores da humanidade, hai máis de 2,5 millóns de anos, a dimensión social da nosa especie fundouse na colleita e a caza...
Xosé Antón Álvarez Salgado
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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Los microbios también importan
En pleno siglo XXI, nos enfrentamos a uno de los mayores efectos del cambio global sobre la vida del planeta: la extinción anunciada de...
María Fernanda Montero
Aug 13, 20222 min read
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Cuaderno de Bitácora del 8 de agosto de 2022
Devota de la ciencia ficción, afloran esos paralelismos traídos de los relatos estelares, de los universos con humanos y vulcanos. Bajo...
María Dolores "Dolly" Gelado
Aug 12, 20221 min read
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El perfilador de la noche
Mitad instrumento mitad animal El vmp250 (perfilador de turbulencia) es un instrumento maravilloso que permite tomar datos de la columna...
Marcos Cividanes
Aug 11, 20221 min read
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Cuando la tormenta haya pasado…
Y cuando la tormenta haya pasado, tú no comprenderás cómo lograste cruzarla con vida. Ni siquiera estarás seguro de que la tormenta haya...
Javier Arístegui
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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¿Donde están las pardelas?
Caía aceleradamente en el sueño, y durante mis últimos segundos conscientes, el cargador de mi celular parecía un tubo y agua plateada...
Ianna Luna
Aug 8, 20222 min read
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Sea-ing patterns
When you are about to embark on an experience like this one for the first time, a million ideas rush through your mind. Filled with a...
Laura Marín
Aug 8, 20222 min read
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To be an octopus
We teach and learn as the first rosette comes up. Theory works, but once the sea water in the Niskin bottles starts running out and the...
Aja Trebec
Aug 8, 20221 min read
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Where are the shearwaters?
Yesterday as I crashed into sleep, during the last conscious seconds, my charger looked like a tube and silver water went through it. I...
Ianna Luna
Aug 7, 20222 min read
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Planeta Azul
La inmensidad del océano... Suena a cliché, pero un cliché necesario cuando te dedicas a la Oceanografía. Y es que cuesta imaginar algo...
Laura Salas
Aug 5, 20222 min read
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En sus marcas, listos... ¡a muestrear!
Cuando los técnicos de la Unidad Tecnológica Marina (UTM) quitan la cadena que separa a los científicos de la roseta, estos se lanzan a...
Ianna Luna
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Sosteniendo el aliento
Hemos inhalado todo el aire y esperamos con los pulmones llenos hasta que inicie nuestra aventura develando los secretos de los...
Ianna Luna
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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¡Ahora sí!
Mi primer muestreo de verdad... Ordeñando la rosetta para obtener mis propios datos por primera vez. Aunque ya había "ordeñado" la...
José Luis García
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Holding our breath
The air has been sucked and we wait with full lungs until our adventurous exploration of the secrets of the eddies begin. The first...
Ianna Luna
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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The curious case of the missing autoclave bag
A few weeks have passed since we started preparing for the oceanographic cruise at full speed. Planning, coordination, and endless groovy...
Aja Trebec
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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Biodramina para desayunar y manzanas para sobrevivir
Los últimos días nos han hecho horriblemente conscientes de nuestro contenido estomacal. Perseguir eddies es un duro trabajo....
Ianna Luna
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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Biodramina for breakfast and apples for survival
The last two days have made us uncomfortably conscious of our stomachs’ contents. Chasing eddies is tough work. Ironically… whenever...
Ianna Luna
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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