http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/rsscontents.jsp All the news on Recerca en Acció. Discover the research, experiment and participate en Recerca en Acció, Copyright 2009 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:23 +0200 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:23 +0200 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 60 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/img/rss.png http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/rsscontents.jsp http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20130306-missatge-9-un-v.jsp Research diary. It’s official, we can not get into Larsen. After a day of very slowly steaming with a high cost of time and fuel, it was decided not to break more ice and abandon the idea of ​​working in the northern part of the region Larsen. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:32:47 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20130226-missatge-8.jsp Research diary. Samples were collected from a diverse benthic community inhabiting the continental shelf south of Dundee Island at about 200 m deep. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:35:10 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20130226-missatge-7-holo.jsp Research diary. Fascinating organisms live on the seabed. Here are two interesting ones Antarctic: a beautiful holothurian (or sea cucumber) and a spectacular crinoid moving like a dancer. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:04:24 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20130220-missatge-6-come.jsp Research diary. The crinoids and pelagic holothurians are spectacular animals of the Antarctic benthic fauna. A distinctive feature of this fauna is gigantism, since the abundance of oxygen allows the existence of larger species. Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:57:11 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20130218-missatge-5-arri.jsp Research diary. We enter into the Weddell sea; there is a spectacular backdrop: the Gulf of Erebus and Terror. The ice east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula was retreating eastward giving us a chance to make a station in the area which had previously been cover... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:59:14 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20130208-mensaje-4-vida-.jsp Research diary. The scientific staff of this expedition is constituted by four research groups. One of them is formed by fellows from the AWI, the University of Hawaii and the Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, who will be responsible for stud... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:52:59 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/projecte/20130129-biodiversitat-a-.jsp Project. A group of researchers from the Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC) in Barcelona are on board the Polarstern research icebreaker. With them there are onboard 40 crew members and a team of 50 researchers from different countries, including some collea... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:21:06 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20120109-message-20-the-.jsp Research diary. At last! We head home! Our suitcases are full of samples (and gifts, that we mustn’t forget!).  It has been a perfect archaeological campaign; one full month in the field with a memorable ending in the Kachchh. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:03:36 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20111222-message-19-soon.jsp Research diary. The 2011 NoGAP expedition reaches its end. After a month in India and a lot of work it is time to go back home… or isn’t it? Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:29:27 +0100 http://www.recercaenaccio.cat/agaur_reac/AppJava/en/diari/20111219-message-18-unra.jsp Research diary. Digging up a burial is not an easy task, but with a little patience and a lot of skill there are many things that we can discover. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:08:20 +0100