VIRTUE has received EU funding of 310224 euros through the "Erasmus + Strategic Partnership School program" to develop and internationalise the marine part of VIRTUE.
The project has been named VIRTUE-s and partners are GEOMAR in Kiel, SUBMON in Barcelona, University of Maryland Center for…
We have written a chapter for the book “Exemplary Practices in Marine Science Education - A Resource for Practitioners and Researchers” (Springer).
The book will be published in spring 2018.
The purpose of the book is to inform, inspire, and provide an intellectual forum for practitioners and…
After a seven months' voyage, the T/S Gunilla moored at the historic port town of Portsmouth this weekend (June 13-14 2015), while the project leaders of Virtue, Susan and Mikael stayed in a nearby hotel after a short flightfrom Gothenburg.
On Monday, we organised a Virtue workshop at the Institute…
What does marine growth look like at the other side of the Atlantic? Now students from Öckerö upper secondary high school in Sweden can answer that question.
Two weeks ago the Swedish high school students and their ship T/S Gunilla arrived in Charleston, joined forces with local US students and…
There is a big difference in fouling depending on the material used, according to a German study.
In Virtue CDs of polycarbonate is used, but you have every possibility to use also other material. In a school project in Kiel, Germany, they have tested various types of substrate in the form of…
The Japanese oyster, Crassostreas gigas, is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. The Japanese oyster has spread through accidental introductions either through larvae in ballast water or on the hulls…
During 2005-2007 the replica of the Swedish East Indiaman "Götheborg" sailed to China around the world and back home - with Virtue discs attached to the front of the ship's bow. After each leg, the discs were replaced with fresh new. Thousands of visitors got a glimpse of the organisms settled in…
