An Arctic natural oil seep investigated from space to the seafloor

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Panieri, Giuliana, Argentino, Claudio, Ramalho, Sofia, P, Vulcano, Francesca, Savini, Alessandra, Fallati, Luca, Brekke, Trond, Galimberti, Giulia, Riva, Federica, Balsa, João, Eilertsen, Mari, H, Stokke, Runar, Steen, Ida, H, Sahy, Diana, Kalenitchenko, Dimitri, Büenz, Stefan, Mattingsdal, Rune
• Other Authors: The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø, Norway (UiT), University of Bergen (UiB), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), British Geological Survey Keyworth, British Geological Survey (BGS), LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Methane; Prins Karls Forland; Baseline study; Carbonate; Microbial mats; Oil; Hydrocarbons; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Arctic; Svalbard; Climate change; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04267920; https://hal.science/hal-04267920/document; https://hal.science/hal-04267920/file/1-s2.0-S004896972306415X-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167788

International audience 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 c...