Expeditions Archives - Heribert Hirt https://www.heribert-hirt.org/category/expeditions/ Plant Scientist Wed, 05 Oct 2022 08:14:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-heribert-hirt-logo-32x32.png Expeditions Archives - Heribert Hirt https://www.heribert-hirt.org/category/expeditions/ 32 32 Empty Quarter 2018 (Rub-al Khali) https://www.heribert-hirt.org/empty-quarter-2018-rub-al-khali/ https://www.heribert-hirt.org/empty-quarter-2018-rub-al-khali/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2022 08:14:44 +0000 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/?p=111194 In the winter of 2018 the DARWIN 21 arranged a field excursion to the Saudi Arabian 'Empty Quarter' for numbers of Scientists in KAUST. The field trip, which ran from February 8 to 11, 2018 was a great success in giving the attendees a rich, varied, but quick overview of the biological diversity of the region.

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]]> https://www.heribert-hirt.org/empty-quarter-2018-rub-al-khali/feed/ 0 Wahabe Crater 2015 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/wahabe-crater-2015/ https://www.heribert-hirt.org/wahabe-crater-2015/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2022 08:01:35 +0000 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/?p=111179 The DARWIN21 start the winter by two day trip in the region of Umm Al-Dum to see one of the wonderful Crater in the worlds, Wahabe Creater. The crater is located north of the Riyadh-Makkah highway and is reachable after a 100 kilometer drive from the exit Umm Al-Dum. The tarmac goes until few hundred meters to the crater and is continued by a good track that runs until the edge.

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]]> https://www.heribert-hirt.org/wahabe-crater-2015/feed/ 0 Jordan 2014 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/jordan-2014/ https://www.heribert-hirt.org/jordan-2014/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:35:09 +0000 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/?p=111151 In spring 2014, The DARWIN21 team explore different desert area of Jordan including Wadi Ram, Zarqa Governorate and rhe Dead Sea region. Wadi Ram is a protected desert wilderness in southern Jordan. It features dramatic sandstone mountains like the many-domed Jebel Um Ishrin, Azraq is a small town in Zarqa Governorate in central-eastern Jordan, 100 kilometers east of Amman.

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]]> https://www.heribert-hirt.org/jordan-2014/feed/ 0 Red Sea Snorkeling 2017 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/red-sea-snorkeling-2017/ https://www.heribert-hirt.org/red-sea-snorkeling-2017/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:18:34 +0000 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/?p=111139 DARWIn21 explore the red sea marine life, after log day collecting samples from the desert.

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]]> https://www.heribert-hirt.org/red-sea-snorkeling-2017/feed/ 0 Black and White Crater 2016 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/black-and-white-crater-2016/ https://www.heribert-hirt.org/black-and-white-crater-2016/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:58:25 +0000 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/?p=111131 The DARWIN21 of the advantage of the cool weather in November and visit one of the largest volcanic fields in Sauida arabia is known as Harrat Khaybar, named after the city which lays on its western side. Its ancient and recent lava flows spread between the provinces of Madinah and Ha’il, on the northwest of the city of Madinah, and cover more than 14000 square kilometers.

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]]> https://www.heribert-hirt.org/black-and-white-crater-2016/feed/ 0 Jizan 2014 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/jizan-2014/ https://www.heribert-hirt.org/jizan-2014/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:51:37 +0000 https://www.heribert-hirt.org/?p=111094 In spring 2014, The DARWIN21 team explore the south part of Saudi Arabia and collected a number of desert pioneer plant for microbe research. The team visited Jizan Region. (Arabic: جيزان‎ Jizān) is the second smallest (after Al Bahah) region of Saudi Arabia. It stretches 300 km along the southern Red Sea coast, just north of Yemen. The site at Jizan contained coarse-sandy soil with neutral pH of 7.19

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