Technology And The Sea - Fascination Marine Technology
Marine technology is not about ships and shipbuilding, but about the technology that is used to explore the oceans, protect them and use them sustainably.Please consider the harsh conditions the marine technology is exposed to in the sea. The sea is often a very inaccessible habitat with strong currents and aggressive salt water. The deeper you get, the higher the water pressure becomes, people and equipment have to be able to withstand this. Wind and waves make the work even more difficult, many jobs can only be done up to a certain wave height. Sometimes you also have to pay attention to the tides. And then there are remote and climatically demanding regions like the Arctic or the Antarctic.After all, we know surprisingly little about what lives in the sea. Researchers assume that there are a good 1 million higher organisms and 1 billion species of microbes. The sea is an almost inexhaustible source of natural substances. However, 95% of them are unexplored, in the deep sea even 99%. Marine tech is of great importance. In this podcast we'll have a closer look at it. Bärbel Fening is a German podcaster and a tv-journalist, who specializes in marine issues: https://www.baerbel-fening.de This podcast is produced in cooperation with the German Association for Marine Technology:https://www.maritime-technik.de
Technology And The Sea - Fascination Marine Technology
BRIESE RESEARCH with Klaus Küper
Two points have already become clear: 1. The oceans are important. 2. We know far too little about them. To change that, German research ships are underway on all the world's oceans, carrying all kinds of marine technology, technology that can withstand the harsh conditions of the world's oceans.
In this podcast episode, you will get to know Klaus Küper, the man responsible for eight German research vessels, who manages them and, together with a dedicated team of 15 people, ensures that what is needed at any given moment is always on board so that important scientific experiments can be carried out.
Klaus Küper heads the research department at the BRIESE shipping company in Leer - here everything revolves around the eight research vessels. By the way, such a research ship is an exciting and interesting place to train and work! Klaus Küper told us that 250 seamen work there, and he also told us about a drastic experience he had as a 17-year-old deck boy that left a lasting impression on him: He sank with his ship in the English Channel and barely survived the sinking.
www.briese-research.com
www.baerbel-fening.de
This podcast is also available in English:
"Technology And The Sea - Fascination Marine Technology".
