Arctic storms speed up release of methane plumes
Nov.24, 2013 in
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New Scientist: A stormier Arctic could fast-track the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, potentially accelerating global warming.
“Significant quantities of methane are escaping the East Siberian Shelf as a result of the degradation of submarine permafrost,” says Natalia Shakhova of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. She and her team collected data — at a great cost — to show that vast areas are releasing plumes of methane gas, which is escaping into the atmosphere.
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