Formålet med HOTMUD er å styrke og utvide det langsiktige samarbeidet mellom Universitetet i Oslo og andre verdensledende institusjoner. Hovedfokuset var gjennomføring av tverrfaglig forskning for å bidra til en bedre forståelse av mekanismene som kontrollerer fluidmigrasjon i vulkanske og sedimentære basseng, og til bedre forståelse av deres rolle og betydning for globale, atmosfæriske karbonutslipp.
Siden 2019 har INTPART-HOTMUD-prosjektet gjennomført en rekke dedikerte forsknings- og utdanningsaktiviteter gjennom marine ekspedisjoner, feltekspedisjoner, faglige kurs, studentutveksling, konferanser, samt publikasjoner, outreach og formidling. Alle planlagte forsknings- og utdanningsaktiviteter beskrevet i prosjektforslaget er fullført, og ble gjennomført i samarbeid med partnere og koordinert med ansvarlig forsker for prosjektet, Adriano Mazzini. Flere hundre personer (blant annet studenter, forskere og teknikere) har vært involvert i prosjektet og deltatt i alle fullførte aktiviteter. Deltakere (studenter og forskere) inkluderte HOTMUD prosjektpartnere, samt andre institusjoner fra Europa, Asia og Amerika. Prosjektet har lyktes i opplæringen og utdannelsen av nye studentgenerasjoner, og samtidig opprettholdt forpliktelsen til å fokusere på vitenskapelige forskningsmål. Dermed har «opplæring-gjennom-forskning»-metoden, som en hovedpilar for prosjektet, blitt opprettholdt i løpet av prosjektperioden.
All the planned Research and Education activities described in the proposal have been completed and were conducted in cooperation with the partners and coordinated by the PI of the project, Adriano Mazzini. Throughout the duration of the project, several hundred people (i.e., students, scientists, and technical crew) have been involved and attended the successfully completed events. Due to the COVID outbreak and the change in the International political landscape, some of the activities had to be postponed and new partners joined the project. This assured the completion and continuation of the research activities until the end of the HOTMUD project. More details regarding the outcomes and the impacts of the results are provided in the attached pdf file in the "Results Report" section.
CEED and the Department of Geosciences (GEO) at the University of Oslo have been pioneering the studies of piercements triggered by the emplacement of magma in sedimentary basins or by the generation of hydrocarbons in organic-rich basins. Vast areas offshore Norway are populated by a large variety of modern and palaeo piercements that are currently focus of great interest. These geological structures represent one of the most intriguing phenomena of the Earth's crust, not least for its implications in energy resource exploration, seismicity, geohazard and atmospheric budget of greenhouse gases released at present and during the global climate crises characterizing our planet’s history. The research community investigating piercements includes research domains that often do not interact.
HOTMUD proposes to set the bases for a multidisciplinary platform for research and education with some of the best Institutes including Norway (CEED-UIO and CAGE-UIT), Russia (Moscow State University and Irkutsk National Research Technical University), USA (University of California, Berkeley), Japan (Kitami Institute of Technology) that conduct similar, but also complimentary activities on this topic. Tapping from the know-how and the already existing network of each institute, we plan to design a novel course in the framework of the Norwegian graduate school DEEP (coordinated by CEED) covering all the topics related to piercements structures. Engaging a long- and short-term students and researchers mobility, we plan to establish a virtuous circle of research and education through a “Floating University” model for offshore missions and equivalent onshore seminars and field campaigns at exclusive loclities. Our model will allow students to actively participate to research while learning multidisciplinary approaches providing the flavour of discoveries that ultimately drive scientists worldwide.