Undersea Methane

University of California Santa Barbara
Lead author: Ira Leifer
Where published: Global Biogeochemical Cycles

If the world continues to get warmer, vast amounts of methane gas trapped in ice under the sea could belch up and worsen climate change ... The study measured the amount of methane that escaped to the atmosphere ... It found that virtually all of the methane escaping from the deep water reached the atmosphere, countering some theories that methane seeps out in tiny bubbles that harmlessly dissolve in the ocean ... rising temperatures could warm the oceans, creating a feedback loop
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