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Biological Oceanography
in a Changing Ocean
The OceanICU expedition aims to enhance our understanding of the Biological Carbon Pump and the impact of dust fertilisation on Atlantic surface water productivity.
Unlocking the Ocean’s Microbial Secrets with Flow Cytometry
Flow cytometry is a powerful tool for revealing the structure of the phytoplankton community - the tiny but vital organisms that drive...
Apr 161 min read
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Meet Aja
Aja Trebec is a PhD candidate at the Biological Oceanography Group (GOB). Her thesis is framed within one of the priority objectives of...
Apr 154 min read
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Studying carbon through ocean colour
One might not think much about the blue colour of the ocean. It’s always there, we take it for granted—almost as an afterthought. But...
Apr 152 min read
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The Power of Plankton: One small descent for phytoplankton, one giant win for Earth’s carbon storage!
Plankton, even if often barely visible to the naked eye, can be seen from space when they form blooms, highlighting their importance in...
Apr 153 min read
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Crossing the equator
On the 1st of April, the Sarmiento de Gamboa crossed the equator and reached the waters of the northern hemisphere after 14 days at sea....
Apr 92 min read
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CTD 2.0
Unfortunately, at station 3 a CTD rosette was lost to the great Southern Atlantic Ocean. To minimise the disruption to research, we...
Apr 91 min read
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Bioluminescence: The Ocean’s Night Lights
As the sun sets and the deep darkness of nighttime in the middle of the ocean surrounds us, we don’t know which way to look. From above,...
Apr 81 min read
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Collecting Saharan and Namibian Dust
Lent to us by the NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, the dust collector functions like a continuous air vacuum (in fact...
Apr 81 min read
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Station 1: all hands on deck!
It’s always a bit of chaos at the first sampling station; a mix of stress and excitement as the first CTD is lowered, and we get the...
Apr 71 min read
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Biological Carbon Pump
The OceanICU expedition aims to enhance our understanding of the key processes of the biological carbon pump as well as the impact of...
Mar 291 min read
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