A glance into the past at the MARUM Future Day

Apr 28, 2023

How does the physical buoyancy of an underwater glider work? This is what the students investigated on MARUM's Future Day. Photo: MARUM

What does the ocean and the ocean floor have to do with our climate in the past, present and future? This is the question that eight students are investigating in the future day program of MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences. The students will learn how data and samples are collected and how expedition leaders plan expeditions. And of course, they will also get to know the diving robots and drilling equipment without the deep-sea research is almost impossible.

The program includes two practical workshops: Together, the students examine a sediment core obtained off the west coast of South Africa. They visited two laboratories and learned about research methods that help decipher the climate of the past.

In the second workshop, they tinkered with underwater vehicles. The blanks for the so-called underwater gliders were created in the MARUM workshop, and the students assembled them and investigated the physical principles of buoyancy in a water basin. This is particularly important for the construction and use of large-scale underwater devices.

Education authorities and ministries exempt students from classes for this day, and participation in the day of action is intensively prepared and followed up in many schools.

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Tinkering with underwater vehicles. Photo: MARUM

Workshop 1

MARUM Zukunftstag 2023. Foto: MARUM/V.Diekamp

Workshop 1

Workshop 2