http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5970/1246Remobilization to the atmosphere of only a small fraction of the methane held in East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) sediments could trigger abrupt climate warming. Here, we show that more than 5000 at-sea observations of dissolved methane demonstrates that greater than 80% of ESAS bottom waters and greater than 50% of surface waters are supersaturated with methane regarding to the atmosphere, which is on par with previous estimates of methane venting from the entire World Ocean.
September 07, 2010, 08:04:46 PM
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