GreenFlux - Effect of climate change on greenhouse gas fluxes from marine Artic regions

Climate change is amplified in the polar regions. The Arctic is warming faster than the global average. As such, there is an urgent need to fully understand the impact of climate change in Arctic regions. In this context, the EU-funded GreenFlux project will assess the contribution of (sub-) Arctic marine gas hydrate and permafrost systems to marine geologic greenhouse gas emissions. By merging seismic and acoustic data in combination with paleo-oceanographic proxies from sediment cores, GreenFlux will explore the fragility of these marine systems and associated fluid flow systems to climate change across the NE Greenland shelf. Moreover, using a comparative method, it will evaluate the impact of environmental differences on gas release and predict the future of the Arctic in warmer temperatures.