Perspective: Pioneer M will be more mobile and open up new research avenues for scientists

KrymPRESS informs:

The newest research vessel Pioneer M, which will arrive in Sevastopol in September, will open previously inaccessible areas for scientists and will allow prompt expeditions to places of environmental pollution or extraordinary natural phenomena, I am sure Anastasia Lantushenko, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory “Bioresource Potential of the Seaside Territory”, Sevastopol State University extremophiles — that is, those who feel comfortable at high temperatures, with a high concentration of hydrogen sulfide or in a hypersaline environment. And it is clear that not all such locations can be approached by a large vessel — and the Pioneer is more compact, highly mobile — and perhaps it will help find new habitats for extremophiles. We are conducting similar studies, and «Pioneer» will help select interesting samples , — the press service of the university quotes the expert.

The advantage of the Pioneer-M vessel for researchers will also be its mobility — after all, it is supposed

Large scientific ships have to complete the expedition for a long time, they work according to their own schedule — and end up in an hour at the desired point of the sea they will not be able to. And Pioneer-M is a very mobile ship, and if we understand that some kind of non-standard environmental situation is happening, that we need to be there right now, then Pioneer will help to realize this. For example, if somewhere the water temperature has changed dramatically, which will affect the state of the biota, pollution or local blooms have occurred. In the meantime, we will equip a large vessel, such a process will be completed long ago , — the scientist explained.

Scientists of SevGU, their colleagues from other universities and research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences conduct research that allows them to gain knowledge about global processes in the Black Sea. The study of local phenomena gives a more detailed picture and may be of practical importance, for example, for shellfish farming or for the resort industry.

dynamics of growth in the volume of phyto- and zooplankton, their interaction with gelatinous organisms will help predict that there will be a surge of jellyfish in one place or another. Or vice versa — that the coast will be free from jellyfish, and the holidaymakers will be more comfortable in this place , — Lantushenko cited as an example.

source: Department of Information Policy, Marketing and PR Sevastopol State University