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 …
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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CAGE installs new mass spectrometer
Tromsø will soon be one of few places in the world where scientists can analyze clumped …
CAGE director visits new laboratory in Trondheim
CAGE director Jürgen Mienert recently visited the new 2G Cryogen Magnetometer that is being installed by …
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The Power of Ice
Ice has weighed heavy on the Arctic for at least two million years. And now …
Exceptional view of deep Arctic Ocean methane seeps
Close to 30.000 high definition images of the deep Arctic Ocean floor were captured on a …
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Soma Baranwal receives award
Dr. Soma Baranwal has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 W. Storrs Cole …
Patton Wins Best Poster Award
Dr. Henry Patton, post doctoral researcher at CAGE, won an award for best poster at PAST …
Dr. William Ambrose appointed as Program Director at NSF
Dr. William Ambrose, who is currently a visiting scholar at CAGE, has been appointed as new …
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Annual report for 2014
We have had a busy year in 2014, with many achievements and discoveries. You can …
Ocean currents disturb methane-eating bacteria
Bacteria that feed on methane can control its concentration once it is released from the …
Are gas hydrates an environmentally sound energy source?
That is one of the questions that COST Action MIGRATE is trying to answer. Stefan …
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CAGE is partner in new climate research school
Norwegian Research Council supports the national climate research school, CHESS, with over 2,5 million Euro. The …
New source of methane discovered in the Arctic Ocean
A reservoir of abiotic methane has been discovered in the Arctic Ocean. This means that …
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Blog: Measuring greenhouse gases in the Arctic
Our post. doc Anna Silyakova spent six weeks frozen into an ice floe in the …
Ezat wins award
Mohamed Ezat, PhD student at CAGE, recently won an award for best student lecture at …
Frozen – a story of groundbreaking research in the Arctic Ocean
Dr. Anna Silyakova will spend six weeks frozen into Arctic sea ice on board Research Vessel Lance. Her goal is to …
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Methane seepage from Arctic seabed occurring for millions of years
Natural seepage of methane offshore the Arctic archipelago Svalbard has been occurring periodically for at …
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Collaboration provides fresh view of the Arctic Ocean floor
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is famous for its development of groundbreaking technology for ocean research. …
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Visit from our Advisory Board
Advisory Board for CAGE is composed by accomplished international scientists. Yesterday three of them visited …
Scientists intrigued by a unique volcano on the ocean floor
Norway has two active volcanoes. One is the northernmost subaerial volcano in the world, Beerenberg …
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Methane is leaking from permafrost offshore Siberia
The magnificent images of a crater on Yamal Peninsula, caused by collapsing permafrost, have become …
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Methane flares in the Arctic dwarf the Golden Gate Bridge
Methane gas flares, up to 800 meters high, rise from the Arctic Ocean floor. That …
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The emergence of modern sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, 2.6 million years ago
“We have not seen an ice free period in the Arctic Ocean for 2,6 million …
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Panieri giving talk at The Niels Bohr Institute
Associate Professor Giuliana Panieri has been invited to the internationally acclaimed research institution, Niels Bohr …
Meet our little ROV helper
This summer CAGE scientists picked up methane-derived rocks from the ocean floor, using a remotely …
Building state of the art ocean observatories
The technology company Kongsberg Maritime is building two ocean observatories for CAGE. Observatories will be …
CAGE elected to host international conference
This years conference on gas in marine sediments (GIMS12) in Taiwan was successful for two …
The Gulf Stream kept going during the last Ice Age
The warm Atlantic water continued to flow into the icy Nordic seas during the coldest …
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Members of Norwegian Parliament visit CAGE
Several members of the Norwegian Parliament attended a local government conference in Tromsø this weekend. …
Using ship, aircraft in search for methane emissions
The amount of methane in the atmosphere is increasing. Is the seabed one of the …
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Research Vessel Sonne Christened by Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel christened a brand new research vessel in July. In attendance was CAGE …
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The changing Arctic
CAGE scientists took part in the 2014 European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna, Austria, …
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems Gordon Research Conference
Natural Gas Hydrate Systems Gordon Research Conference was held on March 23-28, 2014 in Galveston, …
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Ocean warming release methane from gas hydrates
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta recently defended his doctoral thesis entitled: “Sub-seabed fluid-flow systems and gas hydrates of …
CAGE contributes to new findings on methane release from the seabed
A new Science paper with contributions from CAGE presents new findings on methane release and global warming.
Season’s greetings!
Merry Christmas to you all and our best wishes for a safe and prosperous New Year!
CAGE researchers clarify the Arctic’s role in global climate during the Pliocene
The relation between the Arctic and global warming has attracted public awareness over the past years. To really understand the future challenge of climate change we need to understand the climate of the past. CAGE researchers have contributed to a recent publication in Earth and Planetary Science Letters which presents new knowledge of the Arctic climate in the Pliocene.
CAGE congratulate the Bjerknes Centre with an ERC Synergy Grant
The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) in Bergen is to receive 50-60 million NOK from the European Research Council (ERC). CAGE wish to congratulate them with this prestigious grant.
CAGE researcher presents new climate knowledge in Nature
Melting glaciers and rising sea levels are certainly not new phenomena. Climate change was dramatic even during the last ice age, says Professor Tine Rasmussen.
New guest student at CAGE
Russian PhD candidate Pavel Serov from Saint-Petersburg State University will be spending the next year as part of the CAGE research team.
A wider perspective
CAGE’s new researcher Anna Silyakova wants to investigate the Arctic with an interdisciplinary eye.
– A unique opportunity
Associate professor Joel Johnson from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) looks forward to spending a year as visiting professor at CAGE.
From Bologna to Tromsø
The opportunity to be part of CAGE inspired Italian Giuliana Panieri to bring her family of four to Northern Norway.
Japanese First to Extract Gas from Undersea Hydrate Reservoir
A revised map of subsea permafrost in the Kara Sea reveals permafrost has degraded more significantly than previously thought.