On the 4th of April Parthenope student Alessandro Pezza obtained his bachelor’s degree in Nautical, Aeronautical and Meteo-Oceanographic Sciences defending a thesis about the SEA-EU Oceanographic Campaign, the expedition involving all SEA-EU coastal partner universities r/v Oceanograf. Scientists boarded the Research Vessel Oceanograf to support core research works and carry out their own scientific projects.
In particular, the scope of research involved tracing water masses flowing from the Baltic Sea to the Arctic Ocean and tracking chemical substances (e.g. microplastics, heavy metals) and living organisms present in them. It is planned to measure the properties of seawater and aerosols and to take samples of water and marine organisms for further laboratory studies. This study provided answers to questions about the extent of Baltic-derived brackish-water organisms distribution in the Nordic Seas characterised by full salinity, as well as the information on the nature of the northward outflow of Baltic waters and how far north they are still detectable. Find out more about the BlatActic Cruise here.
The Parthenope student’s thesis was entitled “Baltartic cruise: Lagrangian data analysis”, and he obtained top marks and honours. The thesis supervisors were Prof. Enrico Zambianchi, Prof. Yuri Cotroneo and Dr. Elena Calvo.
