Black Sea
The Black Sea Cruise 2015 is a great opportunity for us to get a better understanding of iron dynamics in the world’s largest anoxic basin. The term anoxia implies a total lack of oxygen. Marine life heavily depends on iron availability. Iron is a redox-sensitive element and its availability and behaviour in seawater responds rapidly to changes in oxygen concentrations.
Currently, we cannot predict whether the long term effects of seawater deoxygenation will increase or reduce the availability of iron for marine life. The Black Sea Cruise 2015 will improve our understanding of the transport and transformations of iron in the marine environment and its release from continental shelves. Such knowledge will aid us in making future projections for iron availability for marine life and the links with climate change.
More information about the previous Black Sea Cruise (2013) can be found here:
http://geoblog.weebly.com/expedition-black-sea
The Black Sea Cruise 2015 is a great opportunity for us to get a better understanding of iron dynamics in the world’s largest anoxic basin. The term anoxia implies a total lack of oxygen. Marine life heavily depends on iron availability. Iron is a redox-sensitive element and its availability and behaviour in seawater responds rapidly to changes in oxygen concentrations.
Currently, we cannot predict whether the long term effects of seawater deoxygenation will increase or reduce the availability of iron for marine life. The Black Sea Cruise 2015 will improve our understanding of the transport and transformations of iron in the marine environment and its release from continental shelves. Such knowledge will aid us in making future projections for iron availability for marine life and the links with climate change.
More information about the previous Black Sea Cruise (2013) can be found here:
http://geoblog.weebly.com/expedition-black-sea
Pelagia
The Research Vessel (RV) Pelagia is the flagship on which the Black Sea Cruise will take place. This ship is 66 metres in length and it has explored many waters of the world. The RV Pelagia is a paradise for us marine biogeochemists since it allows us to take samples, which can be subsequently analysed in the on-board laboratories. This gives us a better insight in the biogeochemical processes that occur in the Black Sea.
The Research Vessel (RV) Pelagia is the flagship on which the Black Sea Cruise will take place. This ship is 66 metres in length and it has explored many waters of the world. The RV Pelagia is a paradise for us marine biogeochemists since it allows us to take samples, which can be subsequently analysed in the on-board laboratories. This gives us a better insight in the biogeochemical processes that occur in the Black Sea.
Enjoy our adventure!
This blog will inform you about our epic adventure on the Black Sea and the environmental relevance of our research. Frequent updates, will give you insight in the daily life of marine scientists.
The Black Sea Cruise is set to start on the 31st of August where we will board the RV Pelagia in Istanbul, Turkey. We will not see land for the next weeks, until we reach the harbour in Varna, Bulgaria. We need to survive on a boat with limited resources, surrounded by only water. The abyss of water underneath is filled with many mysteries that are about to be discovered by us...
We will keep you well informed!
Cheers,
Martijn
The Black Sea Cruise is set to start on the 31st of August where we will board the RV Pelagia in Istanbul, Turkey. We will not see land for the next weeks, until we reach the harbour in Varna, Bulgaria. We need to survive on a boat with limited resources, surrounded by only water. The abyss of water underneath is filled with many mysteries that are about to be discovered by us...
We will keep you well informed!
Cheers,
Martijn
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