Ocean Sciences

Behind the Research

Eurec4a: Tales from the Tropics

Elizabeth Siddle September 1, 2020

An AutoNaut autonomous surface vessel in front of the R/V Meteor. (Credit: Callum Rollo)

As many seagoing oceanographers find themselves on land for the foreseeable future, we’ve decided to share a tale of a research cruise to fill that ship-shaped void. Back in January 2020, four research vessels ventured out into the Tropical North Atlantic as part of the Eurec4a and ATOMIC campaigns. Eurec4a’s aim: to investigate the couplings between clouds, circulation and convection ...[Read More]

Research Cruise in times of COVID-19

Nora Fried August 11, 2020

Beautiful day of mooring work on board R/V Pelagia in the Irminger Sea.

While the whole world is on stand-by we are in the middle of the North Atlantic and I want to explain you, why! During those crazy times cruise planning also slightly changes. The original plan was to depart and arrive back in Reykjavik which would have only included a short transit to our research area, the OSNAP East section. In the end we had a 9 day transit from our homeport Texel, Netherlands ...[Read More]