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First Methane Leak Found on Antarctic Sea Floor Confirms Researchers’ Fears – ScienceAlert
Scientists have, for the first time, discovered an active leak of methane gas from the sea floor in Antarctica. It is a process that’s likely to accelerate the process of global heating.
Scientists have, for the first time, discovered an active leak of methane gas from the sea floor in Antarctica. It is a process that’s likely to accelerate the process of global heating.
The finding was published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the Royal Society B scientific journal on Tuesday.
Methane is powerful greenhouse gas that accelerates climate change, and warms the planet much more than carbon dioxide does.
The risk of it leaking from under ice has long concerned scientists, who…
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