Advancing Knowledge on Methane in the Arctic (AKMA): Norway-USA Collaboration

The primary objective of the INTPART AKMA (Advancing Knowledge on Methane in the Arctic) is to develop a long-term, multidisciplinary education and research collaboration on Arctic methane sources, processes, ecosystems and geological history to provide exceptional training for the next generation of experts in Arctic marine sciences and greenhouse gas phenomena. The AKMA project will support education and research collaboration between the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE), at the Department of Geosciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. This will be done through scientific and technical exchanges between partners over the project, a dedicated student training cruise and development of an intensive course in Arctic biogeochemistry and related phenomena. The AKMA project will establish long-term collaborations between partner institutions, students and scientific-technical staff.

The INTPART AKMA (Advancing Knowledge on Methane in the Arctic) project will support education and research collaboration between the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE), at the Department of Geosciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. With a teaching oceanographic cruise and an intensive course, we will engage graduate students from Norway, USA and other countries in exploring science questions related to Arctic Ocean microbe communities related to the release of the greenhouse gas methane from the seafloor. Established students will participate in a two-weeks teaching cruise when they will receive instruction during transit to the sampling sites, and be active members of the scientific party, being involved in data collection and all other activities at sea. Also, AKMA will develop an intensive two-week course centered on Arctic cold-adapted microorganisms, the global methane cycle, and oceanographic processes to give a different set of students in depth knowledge about theory and methodology. To sustain this effort beyond the duration of the project, we assure that the course will continue at both MSc and PhD levels beyond 2022 and be included in the UiT course catalogues, offered every second year. This application is affiliated with CAGE (http://cage.uit.no), a SFF Centre of Excellence, conducting world-class research in the Norwegian Arctic, primarily in the field of gas hydrate and affiliated studies. The INTPART program will leverage involvement of CAGE partners, such as researchers from the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway.

Publications from Cristin

Late Holocene pteropod distribution across the base of the south-eastern Mediterranean margin: the importance of the > 63 µm fraction

Handwritten letters and photo albums linking geoscientists with school classes

HgCl<inf>2</inf> addition to pore water samples from cold seeps can affect the geochemistry of dissolved inorganic carbon ([DIC], δ¹³C<inf>DIC</inf>)

Evidence of Arctic methane emissions across the mid-Pleistocene

The Heliconoides Modified Dissolution Index-HMDI: Do methane seepage environments affect the preservation state of Heliconoides inflatus?

Biogeochemistry and timing of methane-derived carbonate formation at Leirdjupet fault complex, SW Barents sea

A Model to Estimate CO2 Leakage and Identify CO2 Hydrate Stable Conditions for Offshore CCS

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Research at the top of the World - A short story about Norwegian Arctic research

Don’t forget the socks!

Digitalt tokt til Arktis

Prof. Giuliana Panieri explains the AKMA project; who we are, what we do and our goals over the next few years

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Sampling oil seeps in the Barents Sea and offshore western Svalbard - geochemical analysis and implications

Nina and Berry: Using science research and art to deepen children’s and public understanding of our oceans and marine organisms

A pinnacle-like structure dominated by the chemosymbiotic bivalve Thyasira from the Arctic Sea

Integration of ROV-based acoustic and optical high-resolution remote sensing survey for a multiscale geomorphological seafloor mapping approach: an Arctic Cold seep case study

OceanSenses 2022: Using Our Primary Senses to Connect with the Arctic Ocean

Biogeochemistry and timing of methane-derived carbonate formation at Leirdjupet fault complex, SW Barents Sea

A journey to a cold seep: a paired teaching video lesson on how scientists study methane in the Arctic Ocean

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CAGE-22-2 Scientific Cruise Report. AKMA 2/Ocean Senses

The Use of Foraminiferal Geochemistry to Investigate Methane Seepage at the Svyatogor Ridge, Arctic Ocean

CAGE-21-1. AKMA-AKER-GReAT

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A journey to a cold seep. How scientists study methane in the Arctic Ocean

Elever fra hele verden på digitalt tokt til Arktis

Welcome aboard our virtual research cruise!

Imaging subsurface fluid flow

SEDIMENT SAMPLING USING THE GRAVITY CORER

Virtual Reality Cruise on board of the R/V Kronprins Haakon

THE STABLE ISOTOPE LABORATORY

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