Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Sep 6, 2023

Obtaining Samples in a Hostile Environment https://schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-post/obtaining-samples-in-a-hostile-environment/

"Collecting fragments of #sulfide chimneys for #mineralogical studies removes them from their low-oxygen environment, prompting alterations... #DeepSea #animals struggle to maintain their integrity when removed from the intense pressures and #toxic fluids of their habitat... Obtaining what would-be a simple #microbiological water samples if in coastal settings demands intricate engineering when in the deep-sea."

Obtaining Samples in a Hostile Environment - Schmidt Ocean Institute

Traducción al español a continuación. This expedition is in collaboration with the Galápagos National Park, Charles Darwin Foundation, and the local navy, INOCAR. Situated at depths of up to 5000 meters, hydrothermal vent systems are complex and formidable ecosystems. Vent environments are blanketed in profound darkness, exist under immense pressures, and emit fluids of remarkable … Continued

Schmidt Ocean Institute
Monica AzzoliniNov 10, 2022
Who is working on historical #mineralogical #collections in the #Mastodonsphere? #histodons, #geologists, hit me with the best people you have read who have worked on European historical collections (often part of individual #wunderkammern). I am working on #Aldrovandi's original collection, of more than 4000 drawers full of specimens.