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Methane bubbling off Svalbard is not a source of atmospheric greenhouse gas

2015-10-19 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Methane seeps from seafloor deposits near Svalbard release less 'greenhouse gas' into the atmosphere than other Arctic sites because ocean currents there form an effective barrier. This research, by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Southampton, was published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. Dr Carolyn Graves, the lead author of the study from the NOC, said "Strong ocean bottom currents carry the dissolved methane northwards, while...

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