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Methane: The Arctic's Buried Treasure
Description: Trapped beneath permafrost and ocean sediments, the release of the world's largest natural gas resource, methane, has become a hot topic for international research. As rising temperatures continue to warm the Arctic region, the vast frozen fields of gas, known as gas hydrates, grow unstable beneath the retreating ice. These investigators strive to address one of the greatest scientific uncertainties: how much greenhouse gas threatens to escape the sub-seabed sediments and what will this mean for (1) the global climate gas budget, and (2) the Arctic marine ecosystem? [Source: Marine Technology Reporter]
URL: http://www.marinetechnologynews.com/news/methane-arctic-buried-treasure-542877
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Source: Marine Technology Reporter
Publish Date: 12/21/2016
Reading Level: Basic
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