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Jacqueline Behncke

Jacqueline Behncke is an ocean biogeochemist based at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany. She investigates the ocean carbon sink by combining observation and machine learning. During her PhD, she quantifies the impact of pCO2 observations from sailboats on air-sea CO2 flux estimates.

From Academic Research to Start-Up: A Marine Biologist’s Algae Farming Vision

April 8, 2025
From Academic Research to Start-Up: A Marine Biologist’s Algae Farming Vision
Credit: Mar Fernández-Méndez

We chatted with a marine biologist about her exciting journey from academia to becoming an entrepreneur. Discover how her algae farm start-up came to life, learn about the concept, achievements, and challenges she faced, future plans, and finally her advice as well as her take on the importance of bridging the two worlds of academia and industry.  Dr. Mar Fernández-Méndez is a marine biologist ded ...[Read More]

Book Review: Blue Machine by Helen Czerski

December 13, 2024
Book Review: Blue Machine by Helen Czerski

The engine that is Earth’s ocean takes sunlight and converts it into giant underwater currents and waterfalls, hauling around the ingredients for life: nutrients, oxygen and trace metals like potassium and iron, shaping our coasts and transporting heat.  In her book Blue Machine – How the Ocean Shapes Our World, physicist Helen Czerski takes readers on an enlightening journey through t ...[Read More]

Sailing for Science: How Data from Sailing Races Advances Ocean Research

November 12, 2024
Sailing for Science: How Data from Sailing Races Advances Ocean Research
The tracks of the 33 competitors from the last Vendée Globe sailing race edition in 2020-21. (Credit: Erwan Rivault)

The Vendée Globe began on November 10th, with 44 participants embarking on the world’s toughest sailing race. This non-stop, single-handed round-the-world yacht race challenges skippers to circumnavigate the Southern Ocean. The race starts in France, traverses the North Atlantic, and heads directly into the Southern Ocean. Despite taking place during the austral summer, the conditions remain ...[Read More]

The Alarming Decline in Ocean CO2 Observations

October 14, 2024
The Alarming Decline in Ocean CO2 Observations
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„observations not taken today are lost forever.“ (Wunsch et al., 2013) The Critical Need for CO2 Measurements Imagine the ocean as a giant lung, breathing in carbon dioxide (CO2) and helping to keep our planet cool. It absorbs about 25% of the CO2 emissions from human activities, playing a crucial role in mitigating the pace of climate change. But what happens when we lose sight of this process? B ...[Read More]