Norwegian fjord and coastal ice represent a potential security threat, as it may cut off entire communities from the outside world. After a significant avalanche closed the road to Beisfjord in ...

Title Oxic to anoxic transition in bottom waters during formation of the Citronen Fjord sediment-hosted Zn-Pb deposit, North Greenland ...

Climate change is particularly intense in the Arctic. To assess its consequences and determine what role this region plays in global warming, two teams of scientists from EPFL have visited the area.

Milford Sound, a 14 km long fjord on the South Island of New Zealand, is part of the Fiordlands National Park and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The inlet is surrounded by steep mountains with a ...

Gullmarsfjorden in Swedish Bohuslän was one of the fjords studied. It has a varying oxygen content in the water near the bottom. The results show that the bottom sediments act as an effective carbon ...

During heavy storms, the normally stratified layers of water in ocean fjords get mixed, which leads to oxygenation of the fjord floor. But these storm events also result in a spike in methane ...

The fjords on Sweden’s west coast act as effective carbon traps regardless of whether the bottom water is oxygen-rich or not. This is the conclusion of a new study with researchers from the University ...