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Dear MOOCers, the past six weeks has been a wonderful journey. I learnt so much from your questions and comments and hope that the same holds true for you as well. Before we finish this module, I would like to give you my own piece of advice on how to help protecting the oceans. As a biologist I am going to focus on the living organisms that inhabit the oceans, and specifically fish. Most of us eat fish on a regular basis. Continue reading →

Good morning MOOCers and readers, At the end of the MOOC, we thought it would be a good idea to end on a positive note, and hope that by learning more about the oceans, you will join us in wanting to protect them. At the moment, the future of the oceans is big news. Drilling in the Arctic, mining the seafloor, they are big topics, you can join the debate through a number of organisations, but we can also all make simple changes to our daily lives that have a positive impact on the oceans. Continue reading →

Hello ocean explorers! Today, I'd like to share with you my one thing I would love for you all to do to help to protect the oceans.  You're never too small to make a difference.  You may be one person but you really can make a positive change, share it with others, and push that change forward for future generations! Many of you may already do what I'm about to suggest (as I've noticed those of you on the MOOC are particularly passionate about ocean conservation)... Continue reading →

Dear MOOCers, in alignment with week 5's material, I thought it would be a good idea to add some links from past cruise blogs. In these, you will get to know more about life onboard the ship and the various research activities undertaken during a cruise. Hope you find it interesting! 1. Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory - Discovery Voyage 032 https://papobservatory.wordpress.com 2. Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry Blog (various cruises) http://www.uk-ssb. Continue reading →

Greetings, I am looking forward to “hanging out” with you on Thursday. My name is Dwight Coleman and I am a marine geophysicist at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography (URI-GSO). I’ve worked closely with Dr. Robert Ballard, one of the world’s preeminent ocean explorers, for more than 15 years now and my career has been greatly influenced by his vision. One of these visions dates back to 1981, when Dr. Continue reading →

Hello and welcome to a special blog post for the MOOC, On Thursday the 1st of October, we will be hosting a live Google Hangout with Dwight Coleman, director of the Inner Space Centre. Dwight has participated in over 25 research cruises, and the Inner Space Centre plays an active role in the Nautilus Live Program, which broadcasts oceanographic research cruises in real time. Continue reading →

I graduated as a geologist at Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany, in 2010. Afterwards I carried out research for my PhD in the same city but a different institution: The Helmholtz Centre for Marine Research (GEOMAR). I have enjoyed this time very much and learned to manage a PhD project with all its caveats (sample collection, method development, analysis, publishing etc). Continue reading →

Until I moved to Southampton for my PhD, I had no idea how interesting estuaries are. Here, I want to give you a better idea of the chemistry going on in these fascinating gateways to the sea. Estuaries deliver sediments from rivers into the ocean, but they actually receive even more sediment back from the ocean. This means that all estuaries are slowly being filled in with sediment. Continue reading →