Beyond Ocean

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

Jacqueline Behncke April 8, 2025

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]

Embark on an Auditory Scientific Adventure to the South Pole!

Jenna Balaguer January 14, 2025

Alongside SUNNA, an oceanographic robot as daring as it is curious, you will dive into a frozen and hostile environment to uncover its secrets. Over the course of seven episodes, our hero will gather invaluable scientific data to better understand the workings of the ocean, meeting the familiar inhabitants of this environment along the way. The Southern Ocean and Argo Profiling Float ...[Read More]

A modern take on the 19th-century scientific expeditions: cruise MSM104/1

Eduardo Queiroz Alves July 7, 2022

Sunset onboard RV Maria S Merian (Credit: Eduardo Queiroz Alves)

“Every ship that navigates the high seas, with these charts and blank abstract logs on board, may henceforth be regarded as a floating observatory, a temple of science.” Matthew Fontaine Maury This is a joint post, published together with the climate sciences division blog and the ocean sciences division blog. The ocean has always been important for humanity, with trade and war being just two exam ...[Read More]

The fragile connection of the Ocean and the Cryosphere – a story from the past

Hayat Nasirova March 25, 2022

The primordial Earth. (Credit: Simone Marchi/SwRI)

Compared to the formation and evolution of the Earth’s surface, the ancient oceans receive little attention in geological history. However, understanding the rise and fall of the oceans of the past—or “ghost oceans”—can reveal crucial information about the evolution of our planet, the cryosphere included. Can oceans play a historical role in climate change? If water bodies had not existed, would w ...[Read More]