{"id":68408,"date":"2024-07-16T18:02:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/?post_type=kb_magazin&#038;p=68408"},"modified":"2024-07-16T18:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:02:13","slug":"still-on-the-trail-of-the-mercury-secret","status":"publish","type":"kb_magazin","link":"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/m-post\/still-on-the-trail-of-the-mercury-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Still on the trail of the mercury secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry\">At the beginning of June, Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/geooekologie\/working-groups\/environmental-geochemistry\">Institute of Geoecology<\/a> at Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig set course for Molloy Deep. On board the research vessel &#8220;Polarstern&#8221;, she headed for the Fram Strait, the sea area between Spitsbergen and Greenland. During the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) expedition to the so-called &#8220;Hausgarten&#8221;, the environmental scientist collected sediments from this Arctic region for her studies on the mercury cycle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68362\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/dsc05338_1500\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68362\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68362\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC05338_1500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodriguez, working among the ice floes was a stark contrast to her previous expedition on the &#8220;Polarstern&#8221;, where she only saw the open sea for 50 days. Photo credit: Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodriguez<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez, &#8220;PS143\/1 Hausgarten\/FRAM 2024&#8221; &#8211; the name of the expedition led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awi.de\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/staff\/single-view\/frank-wenzhoefer.html\">Dr. Frank Wenzh\u00f6fer<\/a> &#8211; was the second research cruise on the &#8220;Polarstern&#8221;. In October 2022, she had already sailed with the AWI icebreaker to collect water and sediment samples in the Antarctic waters around South Georgia and to find out where mercury is deposited in the depths of the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>So now, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awi.de\/en\/science\/biosciences\/deep-sea-ecology-and-technology\/observatories\/lter-observatory-hausgarten.html\">&#8220;Hausgarten&#8221; &#8211; a long-term marine ecology observatory in the Fram Strait<\/a> between Greenland and Spitsbergen, which is operated by the AWI and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Its purpose is to record the effects of large-scale environmental changes on the marine ecosystem in a transition zone between the North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean.<\/p>\n<h3>Reducing mercury exposure<\/h3>\n<p>P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez focuses on the mercury cycle and primary production in the oceans. Since 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/geooekologie\/institute\/geochemie\/institute\/team\/translate-to-english-dr-harald-biester\">Professor Harald Biester<\/a> and Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez have been researching the highly toxic trace metal in the ocean and marine environment, which can severely damage the health of organisms. Most mercury pollution enters the atmosphere through the burning of coal and other fossil fuels, as well as industrial activities, and remains in ecosystems for long periods of time. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/geooekologie\/working-groups\/environmental-geochemistry\">Department of Environmental Geochemistry<\/a> at the Institute of Geoecology, researchers are investigating what processes take place in different ecosystems, what links exist between them and how environmental changes can alter or intensify these processes. &#8220;This knowledge can help to develop better regulations and control systems to reduce the effects of mercury pollution,&#8221; says Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n<p>Together with a team from the Danish Centre for Hadal Research at the University of Southern Denmark (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdu.dk\/en\/forskning\/dias\/researchers\/chairs\/ronnie-n-glud\">Ronnie N. Glud<\/a>), Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez was able to collect important samples for her research during the expedition and continue previous research work with the Danish scientists. Together they are investigating the processes of formation and accumulation of mercury, methylmercury and other metals in the deep sea. The focus of her research is therefore the hadal zone, the deepest part of the seafloor at more than 6,000 metres. For the environmental scientist, it was crucial that the expedition also included sampling in the Molloy Deep. Although this part of the Arctic Ocean is only 5,500 metres deep and therefore does not meet the definition of the Hadal Zone, it has Hadal characteristics according to the data collected so far.<\/p>\n<div id=\"new-royalslider-582\" class=\"royalSlider new-royalslider-582 rsDefaultInv rsContentSlider\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px;;\" data-rs-options='{&quot;template&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;image_generation&quot;:{&quot;imageWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imageHeight&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;thumbImageWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;thumbImageHeight&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;thumbs&quot;:{&quot;thumbWidth&quot;:96,&quot;thumbHeight&quot;:72},&quot;video&quot;:[],&quot;block&quot;:{&quot;moveOffset&quot;:20,&quot;speed&quot;:400,&quot;delay&quot;:200},&quot;width&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:500,&quot;autoHeight&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;imageScaleMode&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;imageAlignCenter&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;controlNavigation&quot;:&quot;tabs&quot;,&quot;globalCaptionInside&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;keyboardNavEnabled&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fadeinLoadedSlide&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}'>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8113_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Before the departure from Bremerhaven. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF3116_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>The \"Polarstern\" on its way to East Greenland. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8324_667.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Setting up the MUC before use. A colleague from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen explains the setup to Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodriguez. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8328_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>MUC before deployment with scientists from SDU in Denmark and TU Braunschweig. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC05353_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>The \"Polarstern\" pushing through the ice floes.  Photo credit: Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodriguez<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC05400_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Fascinating images were captured by the scientists during the expedition. Photo credit: Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodriguez<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8541_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Lander equipment: microsensors to measure oxygen in the sediment. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8435_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Recovery of the lander. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8303_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Fram Strait ... almost as calm as a lake. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8859_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>A curious polar bear. Due to the lack of night hours in the polar summer, it is very difficult to determine the time at which the photo was taken. Here it was around 21:00. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF3098_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>The MUC is back on board. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF2840_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Recovery of sediment cores from the MUC. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF3180_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodriguez (l.) cutting the sediment cores. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF2799_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Cutting sediment cores. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF3178_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>One of the sediment cores from the MUC. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF2824_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Scientists look at the sediment returned after sampling with the large box grab. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8492_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Scientists process sediment samples collected for the \"Hausgarten\" monitoring programme. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/JM7_8520_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>Analysis of sediment samples on board. Photo credit: Alfred Wegener Institute\/Johannes Maring<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rsSlideRoot\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rsImg\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF3256_1500-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n  <div class=\"rsTmb\"><\/div>\n  \n  <h3><\/h3>\n  <p>The \"OFOBS\" (Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System) captures images and live videos of the seabed. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>Best weather conditions for research<\/h3>\n<p>The weather conditions were ideal for the research &#8211; in contrast to the Braunschweig scientist&#8217;s first expedition to the South Atlantic in 2022, where waves were up to twelve metres high in places. &#8220;This time we were lucky. The waves were minimal for most of the expedition, so it almost felt like we were at sea,&#8221; says Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez. &#8220;This allowed us to carry out all the sampling without any problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For her work in the Environmental Geochemistry Working Group, she collected surface sediment cores along a section between Svalbard and East Greenland, which serves as a transect for primary production. She also collected two longer sediment cores (30 centimetres each) from the Molloy Deep and a reference zone. &#8220;We want to use these samples to understand how primary production in the surface water affects the accumulation of mercury in the sediments through a process known as &#8216;scavenging&#8217;. This is the transport of mercury from the water column by sinking particles of organic matter,&#8221; explains Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez. To this end, she and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdu.dk\/en\/forskning\/hadal\/people\/pi\/peter-stief\">Dr. Peter Stief<\/a> from the Danish Center for Hadal Research at the University of Southern Denmark have set up a laboratory experiment using pressure tanks to simulate conditions at depths of 6,000 metres and more, and to observe the effects on mercury and methylmercury concentrations in sinking particles.<\/p>\n<p>The tanks simulate the enormous pressure exerted on the particles as they sink through the water column into the deep sea. &#8220;This is quite unique. The tank allows us to simulate the extreme pressure conditions that prevail in the deepest parts of the ocean &#8211; up to 100 megapascals &#8211; and to observe how the particles change during a ten-kilometre descent,&#8221; says Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68380\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/dscf3180_1500\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68380\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.tu-braunschweig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSCF3180_1500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodriguez (l.) cutting the sediment cores. Photo credit: Yen-Ting Chen\/University of Southern Denmark<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Live videos from the seabed<\/h3>\n<p>The approximately 50 researchers on board used a wide range of innovative instruments for their investigations. For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awi.de\/en\/science\/biosciences\/deep-sea-ecology-and-technology\/technology\/foto\/video-systems.html\">&#8220;OFOBS&#8221; (Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System)<\/a>, which was developed by the AWI deep-sea group. This instrument is towed at low speed close to the seabed and records images and live videos of the seabed, which are sent back to the ship. This allows everyone on board to observe what is happening in the Molloy Deep at a depth of more than 5,000 metres.<\/p>\n<p>Several so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/mpi-bremen.de\/en\/Benthic-Lander-Systems.html\">landers<\/a> have also been deployed. These instruments are lowered to the seabed where they remain for a period of time &#8211; usually around 24 hours &#8211; to take various measurements and records. The data are also used for geochemical interpretation of the mercury and methylmercury data collected by the Braunschweig scientist.<\/p>\n<p>The MUC (Multicorer), a marine geological research instrument, was used for Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez&#8217;s sampling. The MUC is sent to the seabed and collects sediment samples in tubes. When it returns to the surface, the sediment is removed and cut open to create a vertical and intact record of the seabed sediments. &#8220;What was new for me this time was that the MUC was equipped with a camera that transmitted images to the ship in real time, so we could see exactly where the cores were taken,&#8221; says the scientist.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Braunschweig, she is looking forward to analysing the samples and evaluating the results. &#8220;This research will provide valuable insights into what happens to mercury and methylmercury when algal particles sink and will improve our understanding of these processes in the deep ocean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Hausgarten\u201c<\/h3>\n<p>25 years ago, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, established a long-term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awi.de\/en\/about-us\/service\/press\/single-view\/25-jahre-tiefseeobservatorium-awi-hausgarten.html\">marine ecology observatory in the Fram Strait<\/a> between Greenland and Svalbard. Its purpose is to record and monitor the effects of current large-scale environmental changes on the marine ecosystem in a transition zone between the North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean. While individual nations plant their national flags on the deep-sea floor to assert their territorial claims, the AWI researchers, with self-deprecating intent, have placed a garden gnome in their &#8220;Hausgarten\u201c (home garden).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of June, Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez from &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":68363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-68408","kb_magazin","type-kb_magazin","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kb_cat_magazin-research","kb_tags-biology","kb_tags-environment","kb_tags-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Still on the trail of the mercury secret - TU Braunschweig | Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At the beginning of June, Dr. Marta P\u00e9rez Rodr\u00edguez from the Institute of Geoecology at Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig set course for Molloy Deep. 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