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...
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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
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Laura Marín
Dec 8, 20222 min read
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...
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José Luis García
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Materia orgánica: ¿el tamaño importa?
El Bentayga es un remolino que gira en el sentido de las agujas del reloj, lo cual repercute en cómo se distribuye la materia orgánica...
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José Luis García
Dec 7, 20222 min read
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...
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Javier Arístegui
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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...
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Javier Arístegui
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Los secretos del Remolino Bentayga
En la base del Roque Bentayga, en Gran Canaria, se conservan impresiones de arte rupestre en alfabeto líbico-bereber, que indican el...
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Ronmel Rugama-Montenegro
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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...
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Elena Cerdán
Nov 28, 20222 min read
El diminuto mundo del plancton: navegando por la diversidad
Plankton mostrándonos un ejemplo de una imagen al microscopio hecha durante la campaña de e-IMPACT (Fuente de la imagen: Sheldon J....
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Elena Cerdán
Nov 28, 20222 min read
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...
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Ianna Luna
Nov 27, 20222 min read
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...
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Lucía Palacios
Nov 25, 20222 min read
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...
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Lucía Palacios
Nov 25, 20223 min read
El primer muestreo
El pasado 16 de noviembre dábamos comienzo al primer muestreo de la campaña, comenzando con una serie temporal para estudiar durante 24...
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José Luis García
Nov 22, 20221 min read
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...
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José Luis García
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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...
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Aja Trebec
Nov 20, 20222 min read
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...
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Elena Cerdán
Nov 16, 20226 min read
Charlas en el comedor mientras navegamos: Los doctores y la transición a la carrera científica
Las burbujas sociales de los barcos permiten la convivencia entre individuos de todo tipo. Este entorno tan dinámico a bordo es también...
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Elena Cerdán
Nov 16, 20226 min read
Dining hall chats while sailing: PhDs and the transition into a science career
Social bubbles on ships allow for the coexistence between individuals of all sorts. Such a dynamic environment onboard is also a good...
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Lucía Palacios
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Discovering the Bentayga eddie
We are finishing the seventh day of the cruise and we are starting to get into the rhythm of the tasks that we must do. This time it is...
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Lucía Palacios
Nov 15, 20223 min read
Conociendo el remolino Bentayga
Entramos en el séptimo día de la campaña y comenzamos a tomar ritmo de las tareas que tenemos que hacer. Esta vez es la segunda campaña...
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