Closeup image of a “Ferrofluid” taken at the 2010 Fira de la Ciéncia, Baleares, Mallorca, Spain. A ferrofluid is a liquid which becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field.

The deep Slocum Glider “WILLY” is seen just below the sea surface as starts to dive. WILLY is performing a series of tests, diving in steps from the surface all the way down to 600-1000m in order to pressure-test the hull. This is an experiment performed by the TMOOS department in IMEDEA. Small jellyfish called [...]

During the passage from the Falkland Islands, across the Scotia Sea towards Antarctica, we went through a “typical” storm for this region. A large wave is about to crash into the side of the RRS James Clark Ross (our oceanographic research vessel). I was supposed to go and launch an XBT profiler just where the [...]

A scientific expedition to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt to search for a “living fossil”, a microorganism called metacrangonyx that lives in the desert’s underground waters.

An Oceanographic Expedition to Antarctica. These images were taken during a research cruise to Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey from October to December 2006. The mission was to study the biodiversity in the Scotia Sea, as well as to open the Signy Island summer base.