Sentences with phrase «bubble plumes at»

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Concern about a possible eruption has grown since 2010, when research cruises over the shelf by Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov, both now at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, found plumes of methane as much as a kilometre wide bubbling to the surface.

Using a telescope at the Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile, astronomers have taken the clearest picture ever of bubbles and plumes of hot gas shooting out of another galaxy.

In order to find out if these plumes are the result of that recent warming or are simply a feature of the area, a team of researchers led by Christian Berndt of Germany's GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel used a submersible to get a look at the seafloor where the methane is bubbling up.

Off the Washington and Oregon coast, 168 bubble plumes had been detected in the past 10 years, a disproportionate number of which were found at a critical depth for methane hydrates» stability.

At present, co-author and oceanography associate professor Evan Solomon is analyzing the chemical composition of bubble plume samples emitted at about 500 meters deep off the Washington coast, seeing whether the gas comes from methane hydrates instead of other sourceAt present, co-author and oceanography associate professor Evan Solomon is analyzing the chemical composition of bubble plume samples emitted at about 500 meters deep off the Washington coast, seeing whether the gas comes from methane hydrates instead of other sourceat about 500 meters deep off the Washington coast, seeing whether the gas comes from methane hydrates instead of other sources.

When injection stops, the water closes up at the bottom of the plume, essentially turning it into a long bubble, Juanes said.