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Forel Heritage brings you regular news about the activities of the Association and FOREL sailboat.
27.07.2024
Meet the FOREL’s crew #captain Baptiste Reigner
« As a new scientific sailing vessel, this summer is a test expedition for FOREL. It is also the culmination of several months’ work. It’s the reward for an entire crew who worked in Lorient (home harbor of FOREL in France) to make these missions possible. As captain, I had to prepare, coordinate, improvise and find the right companies and crew to work on the ship’s modification..." Read more
25.07.2024
Benthos project : the photo/video frame
Donavan Cantin aboard FOREL, a master’s student in biology at Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada (student of Dr. Philippe Archambault* ) : " A camera capable of operating at depths of up to 60 meters and a diving light are attached to the top of the frame, providing images of the bottom and the organisms within it..." Read more
24.07.2024
Meet the FOREL’s crew : Nitya, the versatile deckhand
" My name is Nitya, For a decade I worked as an architect, while studying global environmental issues. A few years ago, I became a sailor, driven by the energy to contribute to a sustainable, life-enhancing society..." Read more
22.07.2024
Study the food web of the Greenland fjords
Sampling benthic organisms onboard FOREL to analyze stable isotope (carbon/nitrogen) and lipids that will be used to reconstruct the food web of the Greenland fjords. Read more
21.07.2024
Planktoscope versus eDNA
The Planktoscope is a “low-tech” device for characterizing plankton. At the same time, scientists aboard FOREL use peristaltic pumps to filter the water through capsules that retain the environmental DNA contained in the seawater. Read more
20.07.2024
Environmental DNA (eDNA) plankton sampling
Virginie Marquez is part of the Biodiversity cluster of the Greenfjord project. The aim of her research is to better understand the influence of glaciers on marine biodiversity in fjords. Read more
18.07.2024
Scientific briefing to determine the day's sampling order
On this day, Samuel Jaccard (climatologist and associate professor at FGSE ,Faculty of Geosciences and Environment of Lausanne) and Julia Schmale (professor at EPFL, specialist in the microphysical composition of the atmosphere, in particular aerosols and their interaction with clouds) are in charge of the briefing. Read more
15.07.2024
