Trapped #Methane Escapes as #Pacific Depths Warm Up - Researchers studying methane trapped in frozen layers below the Pacific Ocean seafloor predict that more and more of the potent greenhouse gas could bubble towards the surface as the deep water begins to warm. “We calculate that methane equivalent in volume to the #BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill [in 2010] is released every year off the Washington coast,” says Evan Solomon, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Oceanography in the US.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 18:54:26 +0000
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