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Warming Of Arctic Current Over 30 Years Triggers Release Of Methane Gas
Description: The warming of an Arctic current over the last 30 years has triggered the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from methane hydrate stored in the sediment beneath the seabed. Researchers in Germany have found that more than 250 plumes of bubbles of methane gas are rising from the seabed of the West Spitsbergen continental margin in the Arctic, in a depth range of 150 to 400 metres. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090814103231.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 8/16/2009
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