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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 aprendà 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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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 OceanografÃa. 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 cientÃficos 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 sÃ!
Mi primer muestreo de verdad... Ordeñando la rosetta para obtener mis propios datos por primera vez. Aunque ya habÃa "ordeñado" la...
José Luis GarcÃa
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 dÃas 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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The eddies and the midnight mambo
The night is silent except for the purring lab equipment and some whispers. The eddies swirl, unconscious of themselves, without knowing...
Ianna Luna
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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Los remolinos y el mambo de medianoche
La noche es silenciosa, salvo por el ronroneo de los equipos de laboratorio y algunos susurros sueltos. Los remolinos giran inconscientes...
Ianna Luna
Jul 30, 20222 min read
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¡Una aventura arremolinada comienza!
Un tono alegre nos llega desde los altavoces a bordo del buque oceanográfico Sarmiento de Gamboa, anunciando nuestra partida del puerto:...
Ianna Luna
Jul 29, 20222 min read
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A swirling adventure begins!
A happy tone bursts from the loudspeaker on board of the research vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa, announcing our departure from port: The...
Ianna Luna
Jul 29, 20222 min read
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