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‘Waterfall’ of microbes in Antarctic sea floor leads to discovery of methane leak – techtoday19

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered an active methane seep from Antarctica’s sea bed that could shed light on the potent greenhouse gas trapped beneath frozen continent. Clusters of microbes are seen on the bottom of the ocean floor in the Ros…

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered an active methane seep from Antarcticas sea bed that could shed light on the potent greenhouse gas trapped beneath frozen continent.
Clusters of microbes are seen on the bottom of the ocean floor in the Ross Sea, indicating a methane seep, as a crack in the ice above lets in light, in Antarctica, in this handout photo taken in 2016. Antarctic Methane Seeps/Andrew Thurber/Handout via REUTERS
Marine ecologist Andrew Thurber first glimpsed what…

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