This will be provided by the Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean”, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Coastal Research Geesthacht (HZG). With different exhibits, the three facilities will show that the 71 percent of the earth’s surface which is covered with water has a great influence on every one of us – no matter whether you live directly on the coast or inland. Real samples
from the sea floor, such as a piece of lava from a water depth of several thousand meters, convey a direct image of the fascinating and foreign world of the deep sea to the visitors. Research equimpment in original size and as models gives an impression of the great technical effort necessary to explore the largest habitat on earth.
In this way, those interested can learn how scientists get information from inside the oceans, for example, in order to better understand and predict future changes in climate. Exhibition modules on the topic of fisheries give answers to questions such as the degree of overfishing of certain fish stocks and which fish you can eat with a good conscience. Additionally, the coastal researchers of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht present the animated film “Clockwork Ocean” (“Uhrwerk Ozean”) in a mobile dome. The film deals with research on very small vortices in the oceans.
Staff of the contributing organizations will be available during the opening hours of the ‘Ländermeile’ to answer questions and to add to the knowledge provided by the exhibition.
Further information and impressions from Dresden at:
www.oceanblogs.org/oceannavigator or on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, hashtag #DDocean.
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