Clara Hoppe

But it meant us dragging hundreds and hundreds of liters of water over the flow of... up the gangway and into the labs. So it was really, you know, us pulling those buckets and buckets of water on little pulkas, little sledges behind us through the snowstorm to the boat. So it was a lot of physical work involved getting those samples.

But it meant us dragging hundreds and hundreds of liters of water over the flow of... up the gangway and into the labs. So it was really, you know, us pulling those buckets and buckets of water on little pulkas, little sledges behind us through the snowstorm to the boat. So it was a lot of physical work involved getting those samples.

Well, at least you can do it in the cold. You know, if people that work in the tropics have to do that in like hot human conditions. So I much rather do that at minus 20. Absolutely.

Well, at least you can do it in the cold. You know, if people that work in the tropics have to do that in like hot human conditions. So I much rather do that at minus 20. Absolutely.

Well, at least you can do it in the cold. You know, if people that work in the tropics have to do that in like hot human conditions. So I much rather do that at minus 20. Absolutely.

So the biggest finding for me was the super early increase in the biomass and activity of these microalgae. So we found just a few weeks after the first sunrise, we found the biomass of the microalgae increasing both in the water column and the sea ice. So the microalgae were growing.

So the biggest finding for me was the super early increase in the biomass and activity of these microalgae. So we found just a few weeks after the first sunrise, we found the biomass of the microalgae increasing both in the water column and the sea ice. So the microalgae were growing.

So the biggest finding for me was the super early increase in the biomass and activity of these microalgae. So we found just a few weeks after the first sunrise, we found the biomass of the microalgae increasing both in the water column and the sea ice. So the microalgae were growing.

Because it's several orders of magnitude lower than what people usually assume. For example, what is put into those big global ecosystem and ocean models. And if this light level is really several orders of magnitude lower, that means that there is a lot more productivity in parts of the oceans that we thought wouldn't be productive.

Because it's several orders of magnitude lower than what people usually assume. For example, what is put into those big global ecosystem and ocean models. And if this light level is really several orders of magnitude lower, that means that there is a lot more productivity in parts of the oceans that we thought wouldn't be productive.

Because it's several orders of magnitude lower than what people usually assume. For example, what is put into those big global ecosystem and ocean models. And if this light level is really several orders of magnitude lower, that means that there is a lot more productivity in parts of the oceans that we thought wouldn't be productive.

I mean, they must be incredibly efficient. They must transfer all that energy that comes in into biomass production. And I guess to some extent, we need to solve the riddle of what they actually do to survive the polar night, the proper darkness. But there seem to be a range of different mechanisms that allows them to survive the polar night. And those mechanisms...

I mean, they must be incredibly efficient. They must transfer all that energy that comes in into biomass production. And I guess to some extent, we need to solve the riddle of what they actually do to survive the polar night, the proper darkness. But there seem to be a range of different mechanisms that allows them to survive the polar night. And those mechanisms...

I mean, they must be incredibly efficient. They must transfer all that energy that comes in into biomass production. And I guess to some extent, we need to solve the riddle of what they actually do to survive the polar night, the proper darkness. But there seem to be a range of different mechanisms that allows them to survive the polar night. And those mechanisms...

don't respond to the increase in light, but they may give them some background energy that allows them to then start growing as soon as the light comes back.

don't respond to the increase in light, but they may give them some background energy that allows them to then start growing as soon as the light comes back.

don't respond to the increase in light, but they may give them some background energy that allows them to then start growing as soon as the light comes back.

So phytoplankton, even though they do photosynthesis, they are not... only plants in a traditional way we call them mixotrophs so they while they do photosynthesis they can also eat like an animal oh so some species can do something we call phagotrophy which is basically

So phytoplankton, even though they do photosynthesis, they are not... only plants in a traditional way we call them mixotrophs so they while they do photosynthesis they can also eat like an animal oh so some species can do something we call phagotrophy which is basically

So phytoplankton, even though they do photosynthesis, they are not... only plants in a traditional way we call them mixotrophs so they while they do photosynthesis they can also eat like an animal oh so some species can do something we call phagotrophy which is basically