@upgroup.bsky.social
Environmental Physics (UP) group lead by Prof. Nicolas Gruber @ethzurich.bsky.social. Ocean Biogeochemistry, Ecology and Climate. linkedin.com/company/up-group-eth/
⚠️ We're hiring!
Two new #PhD positions are now opened in our group @ethz.ch, focusing on key biogeochemical essential ocean observables 🤓
Learn more about these opportunities ⤵️ and spread the news 🌊
#OceanScience #ETH #AcademicJobs #PhDlife
When your data is giving you love. ❤️
Plot by Alexandre Schickele.
🌊 #OceanScience #DataViz
🌊Research is also about story-telling. Yesterday we turned the offices into a movie set 🎬
Final result in a few weeks, stay tuned! 👀
Big smiles, high ropes, and a great send-off! We celebrated @jens-d-mueller.bsky.social's time in our group with a day in the treetops at Seilpark. 🌲💪
#MarineScientistsGoHigh #Farewell #TeamOuting
🌊Have you always dreamed of a standardized, highly automated and flexible framework to integrate and analyse heterogeneous marine data for multi-species habitat modelling? 🤓
Let us introduce CEPHALOPOD, a collaborative effort led by Dr Alexandre Schickele ⤵️
#MarineEcology #OceanScience
#EGU25 is not just about science – it's about connection. Here’s a snapshot of past and present group members reuniting (and yes, some chose to pose like the classy goat in the background 🐐🧐).
#ScientistsBeingScientists 🌊
🌊 The Eastern Tropical Pacific is a major N₂O hotspot. At #EGU25 today, Jana Härri (@janahaerri.bsky.social) unpacks the role of ENSO and compensatory mechanisms in the variability of emissions. Don't miss out!
📅 At 14:05
📍 Room 1.85/86
Abstract ➡️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Action shot at #EGU25. Dr Nathan Beech presenting his latest findings on eddy activity in the high-latitude Southern Ocean and its response to climate change 🌊
Abstract ➡️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
#OceanScience #ClimateChange
Live from #EGU25, Dr Aaron Wienkers is presenting his latest results on air-sea coupling feedbacks through the mesoscale 🌊
The abstract can be found here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
🌊 Marine heatwaves tend to propagate in time and space. But how exactly? That's what Emma Ferri, PhD student in our group, is investigating.
📍She will be presenting her latest findings at #EGU25 in hall X4, X4.78 from 16h15 to 18h.
More details: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
🌊 A great way to start your day at #EGU25 today is to learn more about the drivers of column-compound extremes in the Southern #Ocean 🤓
Dr Joel Wong (@joelwong.bsky.social) is presenting his latest results at 9:35 in room 1.61/62
Learn more:
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Abstract can be found here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
28.04.2025 06:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌡️ 2023 sea surface temperatures reached record highs — but what does that mean for the #ocean’s #carbon uptake?🌊
At #EGU25 today, Dr. Jens Müller (@jens-d-mueller.bsky.social) is sharing his insight on this critical question in a 20-min presentation
📍 Room C
📅 11:35
Don't miss out!
#ClimateChange
Abstract can be found here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
28.04.2025 06:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌊 A new SNSF Ambizione project lead by Dr Sarah Paradis has started in our group—diving into the multifaceted question of organic carbon storage in marine sediments.
Curious? Learn more: ⤵️
up.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
🌊N₂O has a warming potential ~300 times greater than CO₂. To better understand its dynamics in the Pacific Ocean, @janahaerri.bsky.social collected water samples that are now traveling the world, soon reaching Switzerland for analysis. Learn more about their journey and the project⤵️
lnkd.in/eqynuP6A
Group pictures of the new students joining our group.
🌊 Meet the new students joining our group! 🤓
Their work will contribute to ongoing studies on gelatinous zooplankton distribution, N2O emissions, sea-ice driven freshwater fluxes and so much more. Wishing them all a successful & rewarding journey!💡
#NextGenScientists #OceanResearch
🌊 Just published! A new study led by Dr. Fabio Benedetti explores the relationships between the functional diversity of copepods and key marine processes such plankton biomass production and sinking 🌎
Read more ⤵️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
Curious about our research and potential #thesis opportunities? 🤓 Come meet us at the IBP Research Fair this Monday, March 10, at 5:15 PM on the green floor of CHN! Whether you're a Bachelor's or Master's #student, we'd love to share our work and chat with you.
#ETHZurich #OceanScience
🌊 Extreme Sailing for (extreme) Science⛵
On Monday, Oliver Heer reached the finish line of the Vendee Globe - what an incredible achievement! Throughout his journey, the ocean itself was in extreme conditions. Check out our latest post to learn more ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Ollie is now crossing the Tropical Atlantic, a region where diazotrophs really express their superpower. You don't know what diazotrophs are or why they matter for the carbon uptake capabilities of the ocean? Then check out our latest post ⤵️
@swisspolar.bsky.social
Examination committee: Niki Gruber, Matthias Münnich, @jhauck.bsky.social, @nuriacasacuberta.bsky.social
27.01.2025 20:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 Congratulations to Joel Wong for successfully defending his PhD today! 🎓
His research delves into compounded extremes in the water column (high temperature, high acidity, low oxygen) with vital implications for marine ecosystems. 🌊 Inspiring presentation, insightful work!
#OceanScience #PhDlife
In French or in German
23.01.2025 15:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌊 How many animal species call the ocean home? What’s a food chain, and how does it work beneath the waves? 🌎 Fabio Benedetti, former UP postdoc, dives into these questions and more in an exciting video created with @swisspolar.bsky.social
#OceanScience #ScienceExplained
The German version: polar-class.ch/wp-content/u...
In collaboration with @swisspolar.bsky.social
🌊 Did you know that sea butterflies feed by vomiting a mucuous nets with which they filter the water before swallowing it again? 🤓
Learn more (fun) facts about marine plankton with this cool game designed by @meikevogt.bsky.social and Marta Musso 👇
polar-class.ch/wp-content/u... (in French)
🌊 Why is the ocean a key player in regulating our climate? 🌍 @meikevogt.bsky.social breaks it down in simple terms in this interview, created in collaboration with the @swisspolar.bsky.social's Swiss Polar Class.
#OceanScience #ScienceExplained #ClimateChange
🎥 Watch the video (in German) here:
🌊 What does plankton have to do with arts? Everything! Meike Vogt, senior scientist in the group, and Riika Tauriainen, visual artist, invited participants to rethink ocean life at St Gallen’s Kunstmuseum. 🤓
Learn more ⤵️
up.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...
🌊 Extreme Sailing for Science⛵
Eddies are like the ocean's weather. In our latest post, we dive into their impact on heat and carbon transport—and what they mean for sailors like Oliver Heer:
www.linkedin.com/posts/up-gro...
@swisspolar.bsky.social
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