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Author: Sam Jones, SAMS.
We often think of the world’s oceans as discrete systems, operating independently from one another. In fact, they are so deeply interconnected it is more appropriate to think of a single World Ocean, in constant circulation.
Like a vast, stately conveyor belt, water flows…
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Author: Saz Reed, SAMS.
Mobilisation. Mobilisation is the loading of the ship, getting everything unpacked and set up.
What does that even mean? People do not talk about it or show photos of it, but it is the most important part of the cruise. The mobilisation is the preparation stage. A research…
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Author: Kristin Burmeister, SAMS.
Oban bus station on a Monday morning at 5.30am. Most of the town is still asleep. A big bus is waiting for its passengers to board, the bus which will bring us all to our destination, the research vessel RRS Discovery in the harbour of Southampton. This is it, the…
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There is no question that this has been a challenging year for all of us. The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic reach far and wide, affecting all of us personally and professionally. The CLASS programme is no exception of course, and here we set out some of the ways in which we are managing the…
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Author: Neil Fraser, SAMS.
Slope currents are a typical feature of eastern ocean boundaries. A jet of water follows the steep topographic contours where the shallow continental shelf drops away rapidly into the abyss, playing a key role in the transport of heat, salt and nutrients away from the…
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My name is Sarah Cryer, I’m a second year PhD student at the University of Southampton and National Oceanography Centre, and I was very grateful to be awarded a CLASS fellowship in 2019.
I applied for the CLASS fellowship at the end of my first year in order to supplement work I was already…
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My name is Lukas, I am 28 years old and after successfully completing an international Master´s degree in marine sciences, I started my PhD at the University of Portsmouth in October 2019. My main research interest lies in biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and their fate in the marine environment…
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Hello, I am Hannelore Theetaert, a marine chemistry lab technician working in the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend (Belgium) and having a BSc in chemistry.
In my job I am involved in ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System), and looking after two ICOS stations (the RV Simon Stevin…
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Sampling at sea gives you many hurdles to overcome, and I am not just talking about seasickness! When we have a CTD rosette in the water it can be travelling through the water column for a few hours.
The maximum rate of cable out is ~60 metres per minute, therefore in 6,000m depth this takes a…
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The RSS James Cook is approaching the mid-Atlantic ridge and the crew and scientists conducted 84 CTD-casts so far. The atmosphere on board is great and very productive, of course, a barbeque and a self-built pool on the back deck are nice treats on long days of work.
As we leave the “desert” of…