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Description: This dataset reports measurements from a laboratory incubation of soils sourced from a boreal peatland and surrounding habitats (Siikaneva Bog, Finland). In August 2021, soil cores were collected from three habitat zones: a well-drained upland forest, an intermediate margin ecotone, and a Sphagnum moss bog. The cores from each habitat were taken from surface to approximately 50cm below surface using an Eijelkamp peat corer and subdivided by soil horizon. The samples were then incubated anaerobically for 140 days in three temperature treatment groups (0, 4, 20°C). Subsamples of the incubations headspace (250 µL) were measured on a gas chromatograph (7890A, Agilent Technologies, USA) with flame ionization detection (FID) for CO2 and CH4 concentrations. The rate of respiration from the samples were calculated per gram carbon and per gram soil as described in the method of Robertson., et al. (1999) and reported here, along with other relevant parameters.

Description: Mass mortality events (MMEs) are defined as the death of large numbers of fish over a short period of time. These events can result in catastrophic losses to the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry and the local economy. However, they are challenging to understand because of their relative infrequency and the high number of potential factors involved. As a result, the causes and consequences of MMEs in Atlantic salmon aquaculture are not well understood. In this study, we developed a structural network of causal risk factors for MMEs for aquaculture and the communities that depend on Atlantic salmon aquaculture. Using the Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) technique, we analysed the causes of Atlantic salmon mass mortalities due to environmental (abiotic), biological (biotic) and nutritional risk factors. The consequences of MMEs were also assessed for the occupational health and safety of aquaculture workers and their implications for the livelihoods of local communities. This structural network deepens our understanding of MMEs and points to management actions and interventions that can help mitigate mass mortalities. MMEs are typically not the result of a single risk factor but are caused by the systematic interaction of risk factors related to the environment, fish diseases, feeding/nutrition and cage-site management. Results also indicate that considerations of health and safety risk, through pre- and post-event risk assessments, may help to minimize workplace injuries and eliminate potential risks of human fatalities. Company and government assisted socio-economic measures could help mitigate post-mass mortality impacts. Appropriate and timely management actions may help reduce MMEs at Atlantic salmon cage sites and minimize the physical and social vulnerabilities of workers and local communities.

Description: The onset of the first sustained Antarctic glaciation at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (~34 Ma; EOT) was marked by several changes in calcareous nannofossils coinciding with long-term cooling and modifications in the sea-surface water structure. Here, we combined a high-resolution calcareous nannofossil assemblage data (%) with bulk geochemical data from IODP Site U1509 (New Caledonia Trough, Tasman Sea) in order to give an overview of the paleoclimatic and palaeoceanographic evolution of the study area.

Description: Marine heat flow data from RV Meteor cruise M186. The GEOMAR project name is Azores Hot Vents. We used the 6 m Bremen heat probe with 21 channels @ 0.26 m spacing.

Description: This data set contains airborne gravity data across central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, acquired during the austral summer of 2009/2010 and within the project 'West-East Gondwana Amalgamation and its Separation' (WEGAS). The data span the offshore Astrid Ridge, and parts of the Nivl and Lazarev ice shelves. The survey was conducted using a ZLS Ultrasys Lacoste & Romberg Air/Sea gravimeter S56 installed into - and operated with - the research aircraft Polar 5. Base readings were performed with a handheld gravity meter at the base station Novolazarevskaja and in Cape Town. A ground speed of 130 knots and a time-domain filter of 220 s leads to a spatial resolution of around 7 km. The average crossover error after bias adjustment is 4.2 mGal. When citing this data set, please also cite the associated manuscript: Eisermann, H., Eagles, G. & Jokat, W. Coastal bathymetry in central Dronning Maud Land controls ice shelf stability. Sci Rep 14, 1367 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51882-2.