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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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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
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...
Felix Lacher
Apr 161 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...
Markel Gomez
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...
Jana Piñel
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....
Mathieu Vasey
Apr 92 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,...
Hannah Croysdill
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...
Hannah Croysdill
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...
Manuel Brito
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...
javieraristegui
Mar 291 min read
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All aboard!
All aboard the Sarmiento De Gamboa! With 20 passport stamps, we set off from the port of Walvis Bay at 13:30 local time. With researchers...
javieraristegui
Mar 291 min read
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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...
Cora Hörstmann
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...
Laura MarÃn
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...
José Luis GarcÃa
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...
Rubén Campanero
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...
Javier ArÃstegui
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...
Ronmel Rugama-Montenegro
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...
Elena Cerdán
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...
Ianna Luna
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...
LucÃa Palacios
Nov 25, 20223 min read
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