Oceanblogs

Selamat Datang and welcome to the hot and sweaty country of Malaysia! Ever since we, Leonie and Najwa, have arrived in Penang, the northwestern island of Malaysia, in...

When moon jellyfish gather in large numbers, the bloom is impossible to ignore. Hundreds or thousands of medusae can suddenly fill a bay or fjord. Because this swimming stage is so visible, it is often the focus of monitoring and research. But the familiar jellyfish is only one chapter in a much more complex life cycle. Before entering the open water, moon jellyfish can spend...

A small jellyfish-like animal recently reported from Vejle Fjord has attracted attention. Clear photographs suggest that it belongs to the genus Gonionemus and may possibly be the clinging jellyfish, Gonionemus vertens (Picture courtesy to Jonas Bøgelund Poulsen)

Hello from Wales, more precisely, from the Isle of Anglesey in the north of Wales. Here lies the School of Ocean Sciences (SOS) directly at the Menai Strait, where the ocean changes direction by 180 degrees four times a day. My name is Agnes, and I study Environmental Engineering in Munich and have decided to explore a new scientific topic with the GAME project. For someone l...

In early July at Kerteminde, most of the individuals I observed were longer than 10 cm, including one close to 15 cm. Their size, and their timing, deserve immediate attention.

One out of many...