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Expedition to Arctic Ocean reveals images of cold seeps

Collection of a carbonate crust with abundant organisms attached at a methane seep. Photo: Screenshot

21/04/2018

Oases of life close to enormous methane plumes on the otherwise barren Arctic Ocean seafloor

New PhD dissertation from CAGE shows that methane derived carbon is a crucial part of the food web of the Arctic Ocean. It sheds new light on unique animal assemblages discovered thriving in the darkness close to cold methane plumes

Text: Maja Sojtaric

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great oxydation event lake onega

Photo: K. Paiste

09/04/2018

Pink rocks from Russia expose one of the greatest events in the history of Earth

The Great Oxidation Event is one of the major scientific mysteries. Oxygen appeared on the planet for the first time over 2,3 billion years ago. A new Science study is making scientists rethink what they thought they knew about the event.

Text: Maja Sojtaric

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Dark Snow camp Greenland ice sheet

03/04/2018

Algae, impurities darken the Greenland ice sheet and increase melting

The Dark Zone of the Greenland ice sheet has major impact on the surface melt of this immense store of ice. A new study in Nature Communications – based on drone surveys – suggests that ice algae, dust and soot from wildfires and combustion are the main cause.

Text: Maja Sojtaric

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