NO monkfish!

DO NOT eat this week's food in season.

The reason is simple: it's highly endangered!

Check more here.

I guess I was way too tired to tell you how responsible you should be.

Other species with the same common name can be found here.

Workaholic #2

There are times when I cannot separate work from personal life. Twice! How could I? How could anyone – who is deeply committed to his/her own work – disconnect?

There is no switch on/off. You look outside and see triggers of brainstorms that eventually lead to a great idea. All that colour. All that… wait a minute! Yes, that’s it! Life starts gradually. It isn’t math we are dealing with here. It’s life! Thus, a biologist will never be able to either see 0’s or 1’s.

There is so much more out there, yet so simple, it hurts!

And I miss it, just like the deserts miss the rain...

North Atlantic

It is unique. In its greatness I have swam, wander, and rely.

I am proud of being part of it.

North Atlantic, a vast source of life.

What are you doing to protect your ocean? Our ocean?

Speaking of which, check this out.

The basis of life

- Can you please define a bloom?

- Eeerrrr…

Yes, that’s it, folks. I am trying to define a bloom based on daily, 100 Km resolution, satellite data. Think about it and let me know a.s.a.p.!

Knabrostræde 26.

The bigger, the better

Double sized snacks have a great advantage. Depending on your craving, you may opt for the perfect-sized snack. I like keep my options open.

Regarding the size issue, there is a theory that claims that “the bigger, the better”. I may have mentioned this theory on a previous post (have I?), but here it goes again for those who have an incredible memory, such as mine is.

If you are a prey, you should consider investing in growing bigger, rather than in achieving a longer life. Moreover, you should consider growing as fast as possible, so you get out of the “predatory window”. This window is basically the size-spectrum that a predator can handle, i.e. there is a minimum size above which a predator (depending on the type of predator we are dealing with, if it is a filter-feeding predator, then pretty much everything enters, then it just expels what isn’t important) starts considering. At this same point in time and space, the cost of preying is surpassed by the profit – both nutritionally and energetically. There is also a maximum size over which the predator is no longer able to ingest the prey due to the size of its own mouth. So you better grow faster to surpass the size of your predator’s mouth, right?

And today is the day when a LOT of things happen. 

Hello, my name is

Tomorrow I will be on the phone with Dr. Daniel Pauly. Can you believe this?

He is one of my heroes when it comes to Fisheries Ecology. I just hope I do not blow everything up.

I miss the Norwegian nature.
So full of everything you have ever wished to experience.

Animal behaviour

It resumes to 3 easy goals:

1. Pleasure seeking (sex, food, ART)

2. Pain avoiding

3. Energy conserving

What’s yours today?

Whether they are work or personal, my goals are always about having pleasure.

Break down

When something extremely useful breaks down, what to do?

This was the case of Mr. Envisat. Its mission lasted for 10 years, but has recently come to an end.

Sad news. Let us hope there will be a better replacement.

I am keeping my good mood and planning some new approaches.

No worries!

Off I go

See you in some days, folks!

Tomorrow is the big HUGE day and then I am on my break. Our brake!

Self-defence

On my defence, I have to say that it is not really my fault. I just lack the right machine at the moment. I also lack a lot of space. 5 Tb to me precise.

Visitors

Back to old times, when focusing on counterclockwise movements is my main aim. However, having friends visiting is also nice. I will make sure I enjoy their company and am still able to keep up the pace.

Wisdom, where are you?

Workaholic

Everything just looked so smooth, easy, and straight-forward. Just like a miso soup.

Clear, transparent, and including only the relevant details. “Make sure you know your audience. Do not try to be smart. It is all about being an entertainer.” He said.

Yeah, sure, but the right amount of amusement is rather difficult to reach. Stress. Pressure. These always come along.

I guess I just need to learn how to cope with so much going on. I like it. I love my work. I just hope I am not demanding too much from myself..

CC + NA

Great achievements are made by great minds. Now, we just need to keep on track.

What a productive period, I must say. 4 weeks, non-stop!

Climate Change Action

You need to act now!

(Source: Ferdi Rizkiyanto)

Weeks and weeks of research. Multidisciplinary approaches. Seminars, lectures, and workshops. Compass model: nature (N), social (S), economics (E), wellbeing (W).

People getting together to set goals and make this world a better place. I am glad I am part of this.

Literally, you should have acted yesterday.

See here why.

Delays

Norwegian rules, bright sun, and better moods.

This is what you get when stuck at an airport for almost 2 days. Give me this and I’ll be happy.

Sleep two hours and fly to another course.

Supporting the locals

Wolffish, narwhal whale meat and skin, snow crab, musk deer, and what else?

Everything wild. There are few populations living with such a sustainable life style. I am glad I supported it, even if just for a little while.

Sharing food and glasses of wine. Listening to research achievements in climate change impacts on Arctic regions. Filtering all the relevant information. Getting enough breakthroughs for the next month. And preparing for coupling everything together. What come out? A carbon budget.

Maybe I’ll show you next time. For now, I just need to focus and get prepared for another course. A more theoretical one though. Even though we are already just like a community, I miss home and simples meals.

Enlightening

4 months, some stress, a huge mistake, and the perfect outcome.

What’s left behind? Some data to analyze. I dream with the day I get to see the results.