• An Arctic natural oil seep investigated from space to the seafloor 

      Panieri, Giuliana; Argentino, Claudio; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Vulcano, Francesca; Savini, Alessandra; Fallati, Luca; Brekke, Trond; Galimberti, Giulia; Riva, Federica; Balsa, João; Eilertsen, Mari Heggernes; Stokke, Runar; Steen, Ida Helene; Sahy, Diana; Kalenitchenko, Dimitri Stanislas Desire; Bünz, Stefan; Mattingsdal, Rune (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-19)
      Due to climate change, decreasing ice cover and increasing industrial activities, Arctic marine ecosystems are expected to face higher levels of anthropogenic stress. To sustain healthy and productive ocean ecosystems, it is imperative to build baseline data to assess future changes. Herein, a natural oil seep site offshore western Svalbard (Prins Karls Forland, PKF, 80–100 m water depth), discovered ...
    • Hot Vents Beneath an Icy Ocean: The Aurora Vent Field, Gakkel Ridge, Revealed 

      Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Argentino, Claudio; Baker, Maria; Boetius, Antje; Costa, Carolina; Dahle, Håkon; Denny, Emily Maria; Dessandier, Pierre-Antoine; Eilertsen, Mari Heggernes; Ferré, Benedicte; German, Cristopher R.; Hand, Kevin; Hilário, Ana; Hislop, Lawrence; Jamieson, John W.; Kalnitchenko, Dimitri; Mall, Achim; Panieri, Giuliana; Purser, Autun; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Reeves, Eoghan P.; Rolley, Leigthon; Pereira, Samuel I.; Ribeiro, Pedro A.; Sert, Muhammed Fatih; Steen, Ida H.; Stetzler, Marie; Stokke, Runar; Victorero, Lissette; Vulcano, Francesca; Vågenes, Stig; Waghorn, Kate Alyse; Buenz, Stefan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-28)
      Evidence of hydrothermal venting on the ultra-slow spreading Gakkel Ridge in the Central Arctic Ocean has been available since 2001, with first visual evidence of black smokers on the Aurora Vent Field obtained in 2014. But it was not until 2021 that the first ever remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives to hydrothermal vents under permanent ice cover in the Arctic were conducted, enabling the ...
    • Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge 

      German, Christopher R.; Reeves, Eoghan; Türke, Andreas; Diehl, Alexander; Albers, Elmar; Bach, Wolfgang; Purser, Autun; Ramalho, Sofia P.; Suman, Stefano; Mertens, Christian; Walter, Maren; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Schlindwein, Vera; Bünz, Stefan; Boetius, Antje (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-31)
      The Aurora hydrothermal system, Arctic Ocean, hosts active submarine venting within an extensive field of relict mineral deposits. Here we show the site is associated with a neovolcanic mound located within the Gakkel Ridge rift-valley floor, but deep-tow camera and sidescan surveys reveal the site to be ≥100 m across—unusually large for a volcanically hosted vent on a slow-spreading ridge and more ...