Tag Diving

Exchange to Lesbos, Greece

For my minor I did an exchange with Erasmus to Lesbos, Greece. Lesbos is an amazing diverse and nature rich island in the Mediterranean Sea, almost touching the coast of Turkey. Here I followed a full marine science semester. Before…

Diving in Bodø, Norway

I decided to do my semester abroad in the second largest city of arctic Norway, Bodø! That means two things: And it was exactly that when I arrived. But as the sun returned and the local temperatures increased, so did…

Diving for science

SCUBA and free diving as tools to study invasive species and animal behaviour. I am writing this post on 24th February 2024, while sitting on a plane. The destination is Crete (Greece), where I will spend around two months with…

Diving in Sint Eustatius

When I arrived on the 13th of May this year on Statia to start my Internship. I did not yet know that I was going to be diving as a volunteer for the marine park. My internship at Wageningen Marine Research…

Diving in Mallorca

For my MSc thesis fieldwork, I headed to Mallorca, Spain. The largest island of the Balearics in the Mediterranean Sea. Although among tourists the island is often only known for its never-ending party scene, there is a whole other world…