Our planet has experienced at least five major mass extinction events, which have occasionally brought the flora and fauna to almost complete collapse , yet they have been pivotal in the evolution of life as we know it. This thesis explores potential causes of mass extinctions, focusing particularly on the Late Devonian mass extinction event, which is the least understood of the major five. Over the ...

The voluminous igneous complexes that are present in the sedimentary basins of the volcanic rifted Vøring Margin have recently gained attention due to their promising potential for carbon sequestration. Although there have been major improvements in the field of intra- and subbasalt imaging and subbasalt sequences over the past decade, the emplacement mechanism, stratigraphical setting, structural ...

This chapter outlines the development of “The Ocean Senses Activity Book” integrating a multisensory approach to ocean education for pupils and the general public. Originating from an expedition in the Arctic Ocean, the project aimed to cultivate more effective cognitive approaches to ocean literacy education and communication. It bridged the gap between scientific exploration and public engagement, ...

This chapter frames marine sustainability within ongoing global and regional initiatives in lifelong learning and adult education. The authors of this chapter argue that to achieve the ambitious targets set out in the SDGs, our adult population must be able to recognise, engage with, and act upon economic, social, and environmental challenges. The authors of this chapter present the many barriers ...

Arctic fjords ecosystems are highly dynamic, with organisms exposed to various natural stressors along with productivity clines driven by advection of water masses from shelves. The benthic response to these environmental clines has been extensively studied using traditional, morphology-based approaches mostly focusing on macroinvertebrates. In this study we analyse the effects of glacially mediated ...

Beneath the seafloor, methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is trapped in ice-like structures, prone to destabilization and gas release in a warming climate. Gas releases through the seabed concentrated in seeps, creating unique ecosystems, hostile to some lifeforms but able to sustain others. Foraminifera have proved useful in biodiversity and ecosystem quality assessment due to their ubiquity in ...

Hydrocarbon gases formed from biotic and abiotic processes are released through the seafloor at different locations around the world. They have been widely observed directly in video and photo data, and indirectly on echosounder data. Even though biotic gas generation is a very common process, abiotic gas generation is limited to regions where serpentinization of ultramafic rocks occur. Indications ...

Authigenic minerals such as carbonate and iron sulfide are known features at cold seeps worldwide and form as a result of the anaerobic oxidation of methane in the sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ). Recent findings of seep-related non-evaporitic gypsum raise questions regarding its distribution, formation mechanisms, and relationships with the other proxies for confident paleo-seep reconstructions. ...

Light absorbing particles (LAPs) such as black carbon (BC) and dust can reduce snow albedo and have a positive radiative forcing. Previous studies investigating LAP in snow in Tromsø focused on black carbon (BC) also called elemental carbon because it has human sources, but dust should also be considered because, while largely from natural sources, it is present in higher concentrations. To quantify ...