Sailing for climate protection
The fastest data collector in the world
Regatta sailor Boris Herrmann has installed a mini-laboratory on his high-tech yacht Seaexplorer - and transmits information to ocean researchers during his races. The data helps to improve climate models.
At first, Toste Tanhua had no idea who was standing in front of him. The biogeochemist had just given a lecture on his marine research in a large lecture hall at Kiel University when the man approached him. He introduced himself as a regatta sailor and spent a lot of time on the oceans throughout the year. If there was interest, he said, he would be happy to have a measuring device installed in the ship. Toste Tanhua still has to smile today when he tells this story from 2018: I m a sailor myself, he says, but I really didn t recognize him at that moment. He only realized later at home that it was Boris Herrmann, Germany s best-known sailing athlete, who had just offered to work with him.
April 19, 2021
The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport and sailing s greatest round-the-world challenge, will collect vital data about the impact that humans are making on the ocean during its inaugural European Race.
Several teams taking part in The Ocean Race Europe this summer will carry scientific equipment on board to capture measurements of microplastics in the water and data about the impact of climate change on the seas. The Ocean Race Europe scientific data collection activity is endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, which supports efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and create improved conditions for sustainable development of the ocean.
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