In their 2015 Science paper, Rhodes et al. presented an ice core methane record of unprecedented resolution, which showed
rapid emissions of methane in response to Heinrich events.
Not exact matches
Headed toward an 8 F rise in warming Other such low - probability but high - risk scenarios mentioned in the report include ecosystem collapses, destabilization
of methane stored in the seafloor and
rapid greenhouse gas
emissions from thawing Arctic permafrost.
Bowen says the two relatively
rapid carbon releases (about 1,500 years each) are more consistent with warming oceans or an undersea landslide triggering the melting
of frozen
methane on the seafloor and large
emissions to the atmosphere, where it became carbon dioxide within decades.