Posts by Riff-Collector
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Our lives, my life, have been halted in so many ways.
But nothing, not even this, is black or white; and amidst the uncertainty and heartache, life keeps unfolding before our eyes. The blood-red and golden hues of every sunset keep shining just as magnificently, the reflections of the sunlight on the ocean keep dazzling my eyes, the drops of sea spray taste just as salty and feel just as cool. An endless stream of cormorants flows in front of us on our way back to harbor, flocks of Peruvian boobies cut the air, plunging into the Pacific around us as we sample, and the stars shine pure in the dark, as we lie on top of boxes in the stern of IMARPE VI at sea. The spectacle of nature doesn’t stop for anyone, for anything, and maybe these days I can witness it, feel it, with more clarity than before.
Sunset from Wassermann at the mesocosm field site. Photo by Nico Smith-Sanchez Nothing is black or white, not even COVID-19. Deciding to hold on to the good things in life at the moment doesn’t undermine the terrible ones that come hand-in-hand, the fear of loosing someone I love, the longing for being close to my family, of being certain that everyone was safe. But long after this has passed, in the years to come, I will reflect back on these Peruvian days. On a time when few things worked the way we thought they would, and the world stopped. And when I do, I want to remember how halting time, halting me, paved a way to reach peace of mind. To value life and love for what they are. I want to remember the cormorants and the blinding reflections of the sunlight on the water. How each evening we climbed to the highest point around us to catch a glimpse of the sunset colors of the sky. And how we all missed swimming in the sea.
We are resilient and we are kind. Times like this can bring out the best in all of us, even when it feels impossible to do so. I have witnessed it.
Nico Smith-Sanchez
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/cusco/2020/03/22/fragments/
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Due to the coronavirus situation in Germany, the GAME preparation course at GEOMAR was stopped on Monday March 16th. So, instead of going on the Baltic Sea excursion, which was scheduled for Monday to Wednesday of the same week, the GAME participants stopped their activities and prepared for their journey home. By now, all external students have left Germany and most of them have already reached their home places. It was a difficult decision to stop the course so abruptly, since the group was just in the process of growing together and the enthusiasm about the joint project was great. However, in the current situation there is no alternative to bringing all activities to a halt. This will not mean the end of the project. The students and the GAME team at GEOMAR will remain in contact and we will continue with preparing the experiments using email and skype. We will then have a close look on how the coronavirus situation develops in the different partner countries. As soon as life has normalized and our local science partners give the green light, the student teams will start their work abroad. We will need to adjust the time table and we will certainly also need to shorten some parts, but we are still optimistic that the project can be accomplished.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/game/2020/03/1…he-coronavirus/
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A small excursion leads us to the ocean floor. In numerous sediment samples we find foraminifera, microscopic single-celled organisms with calcitic shells, attached to hard substrates on the sediment surface. These samples were taken in the Strait of Gibraltar. The cibicids shown in the picture colonize elevated substrates in these regions to collect food transported by sustained bottom currents. They are highly adapted and use these habitats as ecological niches.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/hotmic/2020/03…-high-currents/
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Net hauls have so far provided valuable insights into the gelatinous zooplankton communities along our transect from the Mediterranean Sea into the North Atlantic Ocean. While our sampling sites in the Strait of Gibraltar were mostly populated by pelagic tunicates (salps), several hydromedusae (A. Liriope sp. with abundances of up to 1 ind. m-3), the siphonophore Velella velella (B) and the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus (C) were dominant along the Portuguese shoreline.
In some cases, we observed artificial fibers attached to various morphological structures of the jellies. We have so far prepared ca. 250 jellyfish samples for subsequent in-depth analysis of associated microplastic particles.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/hotmic/2020/03…tongeschwabbel/
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Net hauls have so far provided valuable insights into the gelatinous zooplankton communities along our transect from the Mediterranean Sea into the North Atlantic Ocean. While our sampling sites in the Strait of Gibraltar were mostly populated by pelagic tunicates (salps), several hydromedusae (A. Liriope sp. with abundances of up to 1 ind. m-3), the siphonophore Velella velella (B) and the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus (C) were dominant along the Portuguese shoreline.
In some cases, we observed artificial fibers attached to various morphological structures of the jellies. We have so far prepared ca. 250 jellyfish samples for subsequent in-depth analysis of associated microplastic particles.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/hotmic/2020/03…tongeschwabbel/
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The weather is beautiful off the Portugal coast right now, and we’re having lots of sampling success. We just finished deploying various nets to sample microplastic particles, zooplankton, and gelatinous zooplankton.
The net sampling starts with this 1.5m diameter WP3 net. The net is dropped to 100 m, and towed vertically to collect gelatinous zooplankton (jellyfish, if you will) and their ingested microplastics.Next, we tow a Bongo net, which consists of two nets side-by-side. The nets are towed laterally for about 30 minutes at 50 m depth. These collect suspended particles and zooplankton.
Finally, we tow a catamaran trawl, which floats on the sea surface and scoops up floating particles and zooplankton down to about 30 cm depth.
Most of the net tows are full of zooplankton (like these blue copepods) and a few juvenile fish.
The second catamaran tow today passed through an accumulation zone formed at the sea surface by Langmuir circulation. These zones are easy to identify because they form long lines of foam, algae, sticks, and other floating debris. That net tow sampled a variety of mm-cm sized plastic fragments of different colors, shapes, and types.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/hotmic/2020/03…atlantic-coast/
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We completed our first two stations without a problem. The Alkor crew knows our gear well, and deployment and retrieval are as smooth as the glassy sea surface right now. We’re collecting water and particles from the CTD/Niskin rosette, underway seawater system, and pumps that filter in situ. We use Bongo nets to collect particles and plankton from depth, a catamaran trawl to sample the sea surface, and a WP3 net to collect a vertically-integrated sample. For sediments, we have a multi-corer, a box corer, and Van Veen bottom grab. We’ll post more details and pictures soon…
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/hotmic/2020/03/08/sunny-skies/
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32 µmol nitrate per liter – fantastic!! Better than I dared to dream.
But let’s start from the beginning. The main objective of our study is to unravel how changes in upwelling intensity affect the food web and elemental cycling in the Peruvian upwelling system. Simply speaking, should upwelling intensity decline let’s say by 50% due to climate change, does primary production, trophic transfer and the export of carbon to depth also decline by 50%? Or are there non-linearities in the system, possibly even tipping points where the ecosystem changes into a new steady-state when a certain threshold level is passed?
Aerial image of IMARPE VI, the deep water bag and Wassermann during the deep water collection. Photo by Ulf Riebesell. To address these questions we will simulate upwelling at different intensities in our nine mesocosms. For this we need the kind of deep water that is typically upwelled in the Peruvian coastal system, ideally rich in nitrate, as this is the nutrient limiting phytoplankton growth. Finding such water in the coastal system is not so straightforward, because deep water here is often strongly depleted in nitrate. This is because nitrate is consumed by bacteria when there is no or low oxygen. And the waters off Peru are very low in oxygen and often completely anoxic below the upper surface layer.
Wassermann loaded with equipment for the deep water hunt. Photo by Ulf Riebesell. For the deep water hunt our working boat Wassermann was loaded with equipment and joined forces with IMARPE’s research vessel IMARPE VI. Starting just west of the mesocosm site depth profiles of the nitrate concentration were taken repeatedly on the way out to the open sea with a specific nitrate sensor. By the time the right deep water was found, it was already dark, not ideal for starting the deep-water pumping. So the crews of IMARPE VI and Wassermann met again at 5 a.m. the next morning, hoping there was still the right deep water at the location where we found it the night before. The big suspense was lifted when the nitrate sensor was lowered again to depth. 25-30 µmol per liter at 40 m depth: YES!!!
Imarpe VI connected to the deep water bag by a hose while the “bolsa enorme de agua” gets filled up. Photo by Ulf Riebesell. What followed was a long day of pumping of this water into our bolsa de agua enorme, the huge deep-water collector, which can hold up to 100,000 liters of water. Five hours later the bag was filled and prepared for its ride to the mesocosm site, pulled at low speed by IMARPE VI.
Full deep water bag ready to be to toed to the mesocosm site.
Photo by Ulf Riebesell.When we arrived at the mesocosm site the sun was already kissing the horizon and our diving team was waiting to tie our bolsa enorme at its designated place in the mooring. There were lots of smiling faces of happy deep-water hunters on Wassermann and IMARPE VI when we waved good-bye to each other that night.
Finally the deep water bag is at the mesocosm site after a long day of work. Success! Photo by Ulf Riebesell. Ulf Riebesell
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/cusco/2020/03/…eep-water-hunt/
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After a day of delay due to bad weather, we’re finally able to leave port. The labs are all set up, and the equipment ready to deploy. Just a few hours to the first station…
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/hotmic/2020/03/06/finally-at-sea/
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Die wohl beste Zusammenfassung unserer Bemühungen im letzten Semester, Studierenden einen anderen, praxisbezogeneren, letztlich schlicht spaßigeren Zugang zu Atmosphären- und Ozeandynamik (AOD) zu bieten, stammt von Johanna Knauf:
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/teachingoceans…-im-wassertank/
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The first official HOTMIC research cruise will be on F/S Alkor, and leaves from Malaga, Spain, on 05 March. The cruise track will follow the European coast from the Mediterranean Sea through the eastern Atlantic, Bay of Biscay, English Channel, and North Sea, to finish in the Baltic Sea at Kiel, Germany, on 01 April. The cruise will visit many of the major European river outflows to help understand their importance for microplastic inputs to the North Atlantic Ocean and North Sea. Stay tuned!
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/hotmic/2020/02/29/al534-2/
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Water perspective by Sebastian Cantarero:
After weeks of preparing, scheming, and building of suspense the day finally arrived! A group of highly trained secret agent scientists waited in the wee hours of the morning for word that Captain Jana and the sediment trap team was returning to dock, giving us the go ahead to start collecting our PRECIOUSSSSS (cue Gollum impression) water. The excitement of getting to participate in pulling up those first samples was palpable. This being my first mesocosm experiment, I had no idea what to expect and my mind was racing (well maybe more of a slow trot at the crack of dawn).
Boats C5 and Pischel with Allanah, Mirian, Leila, Sebastian and Sidney on board ready to start the sampling in the mesocosms in front of Isla San Lorenzo. Photo by Ulf Riebesell. We loaded our three boats with the sampling equipment, notified our Communications Officer “Jabibi” of our embarkment, and sped off towards the mesocosms. I finally got to relish that magical feeling of being out on the water and breathing in this place we’ve dedicated so much of our lives trying to understand. I noticed some of our avian friends flying in formation around us and occasionally diving for fish as we made our way out of the port.As we pulled into our sampling area I could see 9 orange platforms against a desert island backdrop greeting us like a collection of strange floating gazebos. We were assigned to sample 20L each from 4 mesocosms and the surrounding Pacific waters.
The crew on Wassermann sampling dark mesocosm four and Rita in the background. Photo by: Ulf Riebesell. We attached a line to our integrated depth samplers and two of our veteran mesocosm enthusiasts Leila and Sidney were kind enough to show me the ropes (pun absolutely intended). We spent a few hours collecting the precioussss and triumphantly returned to La Punta to share our bounty with the others. Our morning on the eerily silent water was a stark contrast in comparison to the busy bustling and excitement of dozens of scientific minds churning at the sight of their long-awaited answers. Not too shabby for day 1, looking forward to the rest of this adventure.
Leila, Sebastian and Sidney ready to sample. Photo by: Ulf Riebesell. Land-perspective by Christian Christiansen:
After almost three weeks waiting “The Day” finally arrived! The boats were planned to arrive around noon meaning that for those of us which did not go in the boat, we had plenty of time to take an extra cup of coffee and relax a bit. However, around 09:45, a message came in: “Water samples from canisters on their way to the harbour. We will be there in 15 min. Some help at the pier will be appreciated”. TWO HOURS before planned. WHOA! As shot from a lightning, I jumped up and thought to myself “Finally! But, also what about my coffee…”. The coffee had to wait. I hurried down to the pier. People were gathering and we were waiting eagerly for the boats.
Picking up the first samples from the Pier. Photo by Christian Christiansen. And there they came; The boats appearing around the corner and without even thinking or discussing people knew what to do. Like an oiled machine or a functioning beehive, we loaded the canisters onto the wagons and transported them to the cooler container. Not even five minutes after, the first group of people started filling up their bottles. Firstly, people doing flow cytometry and microscopy, secondly incubations, then the core biogeochemical parameters (Chlorophyll, POC/N, BSi..) and lastly people with less sensitive samples. Not a moment wasted and suddenly energy came to the Lab. People working, laughing and submerged in their work. After many weeks of preparation, you really do enjoy when everything goes smoothly. It is a privilege to work in a field where this kind of group-enthusiasm for samples is so overwhelming.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/cusco/2020/02/28/its-go-time-baby/
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On Monday March 2nd, the preparation course for the new GAME project will start and also in 2020 the programme will focus again on the effects of plastic litter on marine life. However, while previous research in this field has almost exclusively focused on the impact of macro- or micro-sized debris on single organisms, GAME 2020 intends to investigate the effects of plastic on higher organizational levels such as communities. Our study system will be mussel beds, which are abundant in many coastal seas worldwide and which fulfill important functions. Mussels clean the water by their filtering activity, they stabilize sediments and coastlines by the structures that they build, they are an important food source, and they provide a habitat for numerous associated marine organisms. Furthermore, they are a valuable seafood for human consumption. At many coasts worldwide, it is now common to find plastic debris, in particular fishing nets and ropes, incorporated in mussel beds, while it is unclear whether the material has any influence on their structure, stability, functioning and biodiversity.
The research concept for GAME 2020 is that the teams will collect small-sized mussel clumps at their study sites, transport them to the laboratory, separate the mussels from each other, clean them and let them re-aggregate. During this process, the students will incorporate plastic debris, such as fishing nets (filaments) or plastic bags (films) into the aggregates. At the same time, aggregates without plastic debris will serve as a reference group. Then the mussel clumps will be exposed in the sea again for several weeks and after that time various response variables will be assessed to characterize the aggregates. They will comprise the growth rates of the mussels, the diversity and abundance of the associated mobile fauna and of epibionts, recruitment of juvenile mussels, stability of the aggregates, filtering capacity of the aggregated mussels, accumulation of organic material in the aggregates and some more, which we will identify during the preparation course in March. Information about these properties will allow to assess whether the plastic debris has an influence on the performance of the mussels, the functioning of the aggregates and on the associated fauna and flora. This will be one of the first studies to address the effects of marine plastic litter on a higher level of biological organization.
The GAME teams of 2020 will work in Australia, Cabo Verde, Chile, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Spain and South Africa. Like in previous years, they will blog about their experiments, experiences and challenges here on oceanblogs.org.
The title photo shows a mussel bed at the coast of Chile near the city of Coquimbo. Plastic filaments, presumably from fishing gear, have been incorporated into the mussel matrix. Photo: Maria Amenábar Cristi.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/game/2020/02/2…ommunity-level/
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The last week of our cruise has begun, and the eddy hunt is aiming for an eddy in the East of Trinidad and Tobago, Eddy2. The trick with catching Eddy2 is to first estimate his dimensions by using sea level anomaly maps which give insight on surface eddies that are often overlying deeper eddies, like Eddy2. After setting the coordinates we then chose our track, sailing through the estimated surface eddy while continuously measuring velocities with the ship’s ADCP and underway CTDs. This data was then used to calculate Eddy2’s actual centre. And against all odds, this procedure worked perfectly, and Eddy2 was cut in half by 8 CTD stations. Other than during the hunt for Eddy1, Eddy2 was caught right away and his secrets could be revealed. However, before we got to Eddy2’s mysteries, a demon sea creature crossed our way and attacked our MVP during one of his chlorophyll measurements. With the help of our extremely well-equipped microbiology team we ganged up on the sargassum monster, freed our MVP successfully and incubated the monster.
The Sargassum Sea Monster attacking our MVP Photo: Melina Mehlmann Now, Eddy2 is a romantic. He has a warm and oxygen rich heart with a salty soul. Apart from his insights he appears rather low in oxygen, though. As his predecessor, Eddy2 is from Brazilian heritage and just like Eddy1 he rotates in cyclonic direction.
During the search for Eddy2 our hidden friend the cicada has not left. The spy still gathers all the information he can get and we now suspect that he might have been working together with Meteor, who we met this morning.
After finishing the investigations into Eddy2’s life, our cruise is coming to an end. That is why we collected a Glider after breakfast, who was also part of the eddy investigations and has been of great help to us. Unfortunately, another sargassum monster was hiding in the waters around our Glider and attacked just as we were recovering him.
Recovering a Glider Photo: Melina Mehlmann As we are taking course back towards Barbados, all of the equipment is being packed up in boxes and instruments are taken down and stored in containers. Night shifts are over and everyone is taking in the extra hours of sleep. The cruise has given new insights on eddy secrets. All of us are thankful to have been given the chance to be part of such an amazing project and the experiences we made during the cruise will help us in our future endeavours. Our gratitude goes to the crew on Maria S. Merian who always helped us operating our instruments and proofed to be a good and reliable team.
Melina Mehlmann
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/msm89/2020/02/…ing-eddy-vol-2/
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Here we go, a full week of exciting science presentations lies ahead of us. The Ocean Sciences Meeting is a large scientific conference devoted entirely on new discoveries in ocean physics, biology, chemistry, … from hot topics in the tropics to cool stuff in the rapidly changing polar regions. About 5,000 scientists from around the world wander the halls of the huge conference center in San Diego, CA, chat, catch up with colleagues, give and listen to presentations, and discuss over science presented on large posters. First lesson to learn this later this afternoon: not only coffee but also beer is served in the late afternoon.
Back to Monday morning, despite the early hour we were off for a good start: The session “Imagining Ocean Science: Education and Outreach Using Visualization, Storytelling and the Arts” turned out a colorful, fun session. The ePoster session started with all authors giving a 3 minute intro to their topic. This is me (in minute 2:13):
photo by Katrin Knickmeier, Kiel University This first half hour was a positive surprise as presentations ranged from podcast interviews of retired scientists to a novel ocean eddy tracking data base, from online games explaining coastal habitats to kids to professional, life-size 3-D image projections of fish—extremely cool: envision a holodeck aquarium!
I represented our group of four scientists and science communicators from Kiel, Germany and Bergen, Norway and presented our way of and experience with sharing science stories on things like rotating tanks in the class room, sea-going students, our actual research and so on. Besides posting on this blog and their own blogs, my co-authors Mirjam Glessmer and Elin Darelius are very active in providing guest posts on other blogs, doing Instagram takeovers, and participating in Youtube videos on ocean topics. It was mostly this idea of using existing platforms and follower communities instead of building another platform, which caught the interest of fellow scientists and science communicators. Especially as communications channels and platforms change rapidly and becomes more difficult, mostly for senior colleagues, to actually know where and how to address the next generation of ocean enthusiasts. Networking and joining our forces across labs and nations was noted as an underused potential to reach more people.
And this is our ePoster (click the link for the original):
Finally, I’d like to use this opportunity to thank Mirjam for putting this poster together and for working her way through the jungle of AGU eLighting online poster software.
Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/teachingoceans…-morning-8-a-m/
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The day started really early. At 5am we all met at the dive locker and brought everything we needed to the boats. Ropes, life vests, helmets, food, cable ties, lashing straps, lamps, fuel …. are we forgetting anything? We were all tired but at the same time excited. After 15 days in La Punta waiting for our containers to come out of customs, finally something was happening. Like a little armada we left the small La Punta harbor on our motor boats Rita, Wassermann, C5 and Pischel with direction Isla San Lorenzo. The Peruvian research vessel Humboldt was already anchored waiting for us with five of the nine mesocosms on board. Four of us went on board and the first thing we were asked was if we wanted to have breakfast with them. It was definitely tempting, but we really wanted to get started as soon as possible. We knew that we only had that one day for the deployment and we wanted to win some time for unexpected delays.
B.I.C. Humboldt waiting for us at 6am in front of Isla San Lorenzo, Callao. Photo: Mar Fernández-Méndez Jan Hennke, the head of the KOSMOS technical team started telling us and the Peruvian crew what to do. Moritz and me released the lashing straps and with the help of the crew and two forklifts moved the mesocosms into position on deck. Micha K. climbed on to the mesocosms (about 6-8 m high) like an elegant monkey to prepare the guide rope and hook the crane. You could think he has been doing this his entire life. Jan communicated with the captain of Rita, Sidney, who was ready to approach the vessel to pick up the first mesocosm with Christian and Marvin. Perfect team work, at 7am our first mesocosm was in the water.
First mesocosm touches the water. Rita´s crew led by Sidney drags it towards the moorings. Foto: Mar Fernández-Méndez Conditions were smooth: no wind, no waves. Rita dragged the first mesocosm to the mooring field that had been set up the day before and handed it over to the crew on Wasserman. Micha S., Jan T. and Peter with the help of Allanah and Carsten hooked up the first Mesocosms in its position. Ulf and Leila were documenting the smooth sailing from the other small boat, Pischel. We were so efficient that by 10 am we were done setting the first five mesocosms in the water. We asked Diego, the second officer of Humboldt if we could maybe enter the Navy Base earlier to pick up the four other mesocosms and continue as fast as possible. He tried his best, but the traffic in Lima, both on land and on the water, made it impossible. We entered the base at 11:30 as planned. Two mesocosms were already waiting for us at the pier. Sidney and me quickly went to pick up the other two with the forklift truck. It was good that I was there, not because of my technical skills with the forklift, but because of my Spanish. In the few meters that separated the vessel from the missing two mesocosms, we encountered at least 10 people asking us what we wanted and what were we doing there. The Navy base is full of pelicans, war ships and the military. It was a funny contrast: our huge mesocosms transported with a tiny forklift in between all these military ships with men in uniform playing marching songs. They even stopped their music to ask us what these huge things were. I didn´t have time to explain, so I told them: “Mesocosms… follow us on social media!” We won about 20 followers that day.
Michael climbing on the mesocosms to hook the crane. Foto: Mar Fernández-Méndez Back on the ship with the rest of the mesocosms on board, we were ready to leave. But first lunch. A four-gang menu with the captain, the pilot, the crew, and our IMARPE colleagues Michelle, Jesus and Kevin. Everything got a little delayed, but first things first. By the time we got back to Isla San Lorenzo, the wind had picked up and it took us a while to find a good anchoring position. We started the procedure once more and lowered the sixth mesocosm. Sidney and his crew did a good job dragging the mesocosm against wind and waves. The ropes were in tension and the forces of nature demonstrated their strength once more. BAANGG! One of the ropes snapped. Wassermann came to the rescue and after 20 minutes fight they managed to anchor the mesocosm into its position. Ufff, that was close … should we continue? Will the wind decrease in a couple of hours? Postponing to tomorrow is not an option, but we don´t want to risk any damage.
Technical KOSMOS team led by Jan Hennke, making decisions. Foto: Mar Fernández-Méndez Jan was waiting for a call from the crew on Rita after they had discussed how to proceed. Finally the call came: “Lower the next mesocosm”. Happy faces on board Humboldt. It took us a few hours to position the last 3 mesocosms fighting with the wind and the waves, but at around 6 pm we were done! Now the team on the water just had to lower the bags and pick us up from Humboldt. According to Jan this should only take half an hour. Easy … However, after one hour waiting for our pick up, we realized that something must have happened. We called Imarpe VI, the boat guarding our mesocosm field and they told us that the small boats were still there working in the dark. When we saw them appear after two hours completely wet and exhausted we were relieved and eager to know what had happened. The bags were so full of air that with the waves it was not so easy to pull them down without the 3mm net at the top breaking. It took them a while, but they are a tough team of experienced KOSMOS people, so of course they managed. It was dark and we were exhausted, but all mesocosms were anchored in place and that made us all sleep very well that night.
Mar and Moritz helping with the deployment of the mesocosms from Humboldt. Photo: Kevin Díaz (IMARPE) Quelle: http://www.oceanblogs.org/cusco/2020/02/…ms-touch-water/
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Eine durchsichtig schimmernde, farbenfrohe Kreatur fliegt mit eleganten Flügeln durch die Dunkelheit des Arktischen Ozeans vor Russland und verblüfft die Beobachter. Der Anblick dieses zauberhaften Wesens ist extrem selten. Ein sogenannter See-Engel schwebt wie von einem anderen Stern unter dem Ei
Quelle: https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/pa…-gesichtet.html
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Der Pazifikstaat Palau untersagt ab dem 1. Januar Sonnencremes, die Korallen schaden. Wer trotzdem cremt, muss umgerechnet knapp 900 Euro Bußgeld zahlen. Hawaii und andere Inseln haben ähnliche Pläne.
Quelle: https://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/…77.html#ref=rss
