Recent publications
Exceptions to bed-controlled ice sheet flow and retreat from glaciated continental margins worldwide
Greenwood, Sarah L.; Simkins, Lauren M; Winsborrow, Monica; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún
Journal: Science Advances
Thomsen, Erik; Andreasen, Rasmus; Rasmussen, Tine Lander
Journal: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Schmider, Tilman; Hestnes, Anne Grethe; Lindgren, Matteus; Didriksen, Alena; Svenning, Mette Marianne
Journal: Microorganisms
Yao, Haoyi; Panieri, Giuliana; Lehmann, Moritz F; Himmler, Tobias; Niemann, Helge
Journal: Frontiers in Earth Science
El Bani Altuna, Naima; Ezat, Mohamed; Greaves, M.; Rasmussen, Tine Lander
Journal: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
A cautious return to the sea-ice.
Henry Patton (left), Anna Silyakova and Christine Lockwood-Ireland make their way back to the ice pack in the Greenland Sea. Anna Silyakova was collecting ice cores from the sea ice to investigate methane-associated processes within, when the group was interrupted by a passing polar bear. They had to quickly abandon station and return to the safety of the research vessel Kronprins Haakon.
Methane is a greenhouse gas, and as it rises through the water column it gets captured within the sea-ice structure during ice formation. Although ice typically behaves as a barrier for gases to go through, sea-ice is often permeable and a great mediator of gas exchange in polar regions. Being porous, sea-ice provides paths for gases like methane to pass from the ocean surface to the atmosphere where it can make an impact on climate. So, after a polar bear break the scientists returned to the ice pack, albeit cautiously, and collected more samples.