Giuliana Panieri elected president of EGU division
Associate Professor Giuliana Panieri has been elected president of Division on Biogeosciences at European Geosciences Union …
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Battered Earth revived by mineral weathering after mass extinction
Bedrock of Earth got severely beaten up by hothouse climate conditions during one of planet’s …
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CAGE Annual Report 2016
Read about some of our achievements in 2016 in our Annual Report.
Northern oceans pumped CO2 into the atmosphere
Norwegian Sea acted as CO2 source in the past. It pumped the greenhouse gas into …
New reconstruction of an ancient ice sheet
A new model reconstruction shows in exceptional detail the evolution of the Eurasian ice sheet during …
Happy New Year!
We wish you all a happy and successful 2017, and we are looking forward to …
New study describes 200 million years of geological evolution
200 million years of geological evolution of a fault in the Earth’s crust has recently been …
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Gender equality in Arctic STEM fields
CAGE has achieved gender equality among its scientist on all levels. How did this Arctic Centre …
Into the thinning ice of the Arctic Ocean
Research vessel Polarstern reached new and barely explored areas of the High Arctic Ocean this …
Record high greenhouse gas releases in 2015
Global observations of greenhouse gases show that CO2 and methane releases have broken all records in 2015. Cathrine …
Around the world in four days
CAGE hosted 13th international conference on gas in marine sediments (GIMS) in Tromsø this week. Text: …
Smithsonian Magazine: The Tiny World of Glacier Microbes
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/tiny-world-glacier-microbes-has-outsized-impact-global-climate-180959817/?no-ist
Wissenschaftsjahr: Klimawandel in der Arktis – Welche Rolle spielt Methanhydrat im Meeresboden?
https://www.wissenschaftsjahr.de/2016-17/das-wissenschaftsjahr/die-forschungsflotte/forschungsschiff-blogs/klimawandel-in-der-arktis-welche-rolle-spielt-methanhydrat-im-meeresboden.html
New steering committee member: Kristina Helland-Hansen
Kristina Helland-Hansen, head of Exploration Technology department at Statoil, has accepted a position as a …
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Methane sensor retrieved by RV Polarstern
German research vessel Polarstern has retrieved a CAGE methane sensor from 2600-meter water depth in the Fram …
Sediments control methane release to the ocean
Whether greenhouse gas methane escapes from the ocean floor depends on the characteristic of the …
Arctic clues on worst mass extinction of life
Extreme global warming caused a severe mass extinction of life on Earth 252 million years …
Sea ice strongly linked to climate change in past 90 000 years
Expansion and retreat of sea ice varied consistently in pace with rapid climate changes through …
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Specialized life forms abound at Arctic methane seeps
Methane seeps have strong effects on the community structure at the bottom of the Arctic …
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What does Arctic Ocean have to do with Indian monsoons?
The sea ice cover in the Arctic is important to more than polar bears and …
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Successful ROV expedition to methane seeps in High Arctic
The expedition was a collaboration between two Norwegian centres of excellence – NTNU AMOS and …
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NRK: Overraskende klimafunn ved Svalbard
https://www.nrk.no/viten/overraskende-klimafunn-ved-svalbard-1.12985988
Observatories, long-term greenhouse gas data retrieved from the Arctic Ocean
CAGE scientists have recently retrieved two long-term observatories that have been sitting on the ocean …
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CAGE Annual Report 2015
Read about some of our achievements in 2015 in our Annual Report.
Svalbardposten: Skal bore seg ned til klimaversting
http://svalbardposten.no/nyheter/natur-og-miljo/skal-bore-seg-ned-til-klimaversting/19.7158
Forskning.no: Metan slipper ikke ut av polhavet om sommeren
http://forskning.no/havforskning-klima-arktis/2016/05/metan-slipper-ikke-ut-av-polhavet-om-sommeren
Aftenposten: Gasshydrater kan være klimabombe
http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/Gasshydrater-kan-vare-klimabombe-20-ganger-kraftigere-klimagass-enn-CO2-197790b.html
CAGE PhD candidate receives Cushman Award
PhD candidate Katarzyna Melaniuk was recently rewarded Loeblich and Tappan Student Research Award by Cushman …
Methane not escaping into the atmosphere from Arctic Ocean
Methane gas released from the Arctic seabed during the summer months leads to an increased …
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Retreat of the ice followed by millennia of methane release
Methane was seeping from the seafloor for thousands of years following the retreat of the Barents Sea …
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Drilling for gas hydrates in the Arctic
We don’t know enough about the amounts of methane stored under the sea floor. CAGE is going …
Kronen Zeitung: Gasausbrüche hinterließen Krater am Meeresgrund
http://www.krone.at/Wissen/Gasausbrueche_hinterliessen_Krater_am_Meeresgrund-Fund_in_Barentsee-Story-506251
New Scientist: New Arctic life on barren seabed thrives on methane jets
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2085232-new-arctic-life-on-barren-seabed-thrives-on-methane-jets/
EGU GeoLog: Methane seeps – oases in the deep Arctic Ocean
http://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2016/04/20/methane-seeps-oases-in-the-deep-arctic-ocean/
Giant craters and fauna thriving on methane
Two early career scientists from CAGE, Malin Waage and Emelie Åström, held a press conference …
Ice streams can be slowed down by gas hydrates
A sticky spot the size of a small island once slowed down a large ice stream. It was comprised …
Huffington Post: The Icy Fire Beneath Norway’s Seabed
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/methane-gas-norway_us_56f55632e4b0143a9b4800d9
Dagbladet: Hevder norsk kraterfunn kan forklare Bermudatriangelet. Forskerne selv avviser sammenheng
http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/03/14/nyheter/forskning/vitenskap/krater/bermudatriangelet/43515223/
Craters in Barents Sea not connected to Bermuda Triangle
Multiple giant craters have been discovered on the ocean floor in the Barents Sea. Contrary to …
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How safe is CO2 storage under the sea floor?
Capture and storage of CO2 beneath the sea floor is an important strategy in the …
“Ice age blob” of warm ocean water discovered south of Greenland
Greenland experienced several abrupt and severe climate changes during the last ice age. But even during …
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Clams help date duration of ancient methane seeps in the Arctic
A bed of fossilized, methane dependent clams has for the first time been observed in …
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Welcome to the GIMS13 conference in Tromsø
CAGE is proud to host the 13th conference on Gas in Marine Sediments in Tromsø, …
Arctic Ocean preparations in the hunt for the oldest ice in Antarctica
Scientists are getting ready to drill for an ice core holding the oldest ice on …
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Ice sheets may be hiding vast reservoirs of powerful greenhouse gas
A new study in Nature Communications shows that ice sheets may be keeping vast reservoirs of …
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New steering committee member: Ingrid Schjølberg
Ingrid Schjølberg, the director of NTNU Ocean science and technology in Trondheim Norway, has accepted …
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Eythor Gudlaugsson defends PhD in glaciology
Congratulations to Dr. Gudlaugsson who recently defended his thesis “Modelling subglacial hydrology of the former Barents …
AMAP: Arctic Ocean as future source of methane
CAGE-scientists Anna Silyakova and Giuliana Panieri have contributed to the latest AMAP assessment on methane as …
The Daily Mail: Enormous mounds of methane found under the Arctic sea
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3325230/Enormous-mounds-methane-Arctic-sea-Underwater-pingos-reveal-clues-climate-change.html
The Washington Post: Mysterious Siberian craters may have an underwater analogue, scientists say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/11/23/mysterious-siberian-craters-may-have-an-underwater-analogue-scientists-say/
The Siberian Times: Leaking pingos ‘can explode under the sea in the Arctic, as well as on land’
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/f0183-leaking-pingos-can-explode-under-the-sea-in-the-arctic-as-well-as-on-land/
Science Nordic: Historic climate data stored on the ocean floor in microscopic fossils
http://sciencenordic.com/historic-climate-data-stored-ocean-floor-microscopic-fossils
Methane feeds subsea ice mounds off Siberia
Huge mounds, pingos, are discovered on the seabed offshore Siberia. They are forming because of the …
New methane sensor installed in the Arctic Ocean
German research vessel Polarstern went to the Fram Strait on an expedition this year. On …
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CAGE contributes to Gordon Conference
Gordon Research Conferences are a group of prestigious international scientific conferences covering frontier research in …
How do we measure greenhouse gases in the ocean?
That was one of the main questions raised at a workshop, recently arranged by our …
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Aleksey Portnov defends thesis on permafrost
Congratulations to Dr. Portnov who recently defended his thesis Role of subsea permafrost and gas hydrate …
Field trip to Italy sparks scientific imagination
[types field=”Blogging from the field”][/types] Our early career scientists went recently on a field trip to …
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Methane observatories successfully deployed in the Arctic
Mysteries still abound about methane release from the ocean floor. Two state of the art …
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