Sentences with phrase «arctic ocean methane»
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The extensive methane seep mounds across the remote arctic island of Ellef Ringnes may be a caution from the past regarding potential impacts of modern warming of the Arctic Ocean.
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Similar frozen methane hydrates occur throughout the same arctic region as they did in the past, and warming of the ocean and release of this methane is of key concern as methane is 20x the impact of CO2 as a greenhouse gas.
Massive releases of methane from arctic seafloors could create oxygen - poor dead zones, acidify the seas and disrupt ecosystems in broad parts of the northern oceans, new preliminary analyses suggest.
Tags: arctic climate climate change environment global warming ice methane ocean ocean acidification science scientists
The methane discussion above fascinates, I do nt think we know everything about it, since a lot of it is under sea ice at bottom of arctic ocean.
Methane released from the arctic ocean is almost a time bomb waiting to go off.