About the Authors: Gunnar Noer has a MSc from the University of Oslo in 1997. He has been working as a senior forecaster at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), in the forecasting department in Tromsø, since 1998. Since 2010, he has held the position as a developer for polar ... [Read more]

For our June cruise we were planning to locate a methane or chlorophyll anomaly in the German Bight and measure its extension, shape and possibly development over two days using two ships. The first question we have to ask ourselves is how to locate an anomaly. We were lucky enough that the days ... [Read more]

By Ximena Aguilar, Juan Pardo, Emmanuel Brempong and Merissa Naidoo | “No woman should say, ‘I am but a woman!’ But a woman! What more can you ask to be?” In the words of the pioneer astronomer and feminist- Maria Mitchell, simply being a woman is enough. From the shore to the ... [Read more]

By Mara Gomes, MARE FCiencias, University of Lisbon (Portugal) | Marine phytoplankton, the floating microalgae of our oceans, plays an important role in the Earth system. On one hand they are the main primary producers in our oceans and on the other hand critically influencing the biogeochemical ... [Read more]

One of the projects at Neumayer that continues virtually year-round consists in measuring the thickness of the sea ice at regular intervals. This layer of ice forms on the open water in the autumn and remains frozen throughout the winter. Only in summer does the ice cover completely or partly ... [Read more]

By Amabelle Go, Sian Seymour, Stacy Ballyram, Yoania Perez, Ahmad Mohamed | One of the core modules for this expedition is the Oceanography module. This is where we get the opportunity to gain some hands-on experience using different oceanographic instruments as well as analysing the data ... [Read more]

About the authors: Richard Thoman is a Climate Specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, USA, (see an earlier post by Rick here) and Gita Ljubicic is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies ... [Read more]

The March for Science is an international initiative for the freedom of science. On 4 May 2019, demonstrations and events will take place worldwide to demand the freedom of research and teaching.   Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch ... [Read more]

Hmm, did you notice? The last report on the re-emergence of the first Neumayer Station was of course, in keeping with the date, just a little April fool’s day joke to kick off the new month.  The supposed ‘emergency exit’ is in reality the entry hatch to the Magneto-Observatory (MagObs), ... [Read more]

About the author: Mark R. Payne is a Senior Researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU-Aqua) in Copenhagen, Denmark, whose research examines the impacts of climate change and climate variability on life in the ocean. His work is pioneering the development of Climate Services for ... [Read more]