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Frozen in time: Scientists say the depths of the Black Sea are still trapped in the Ice Age 12,000 years after it ended – RT

A new research paper has found that, in a deep part of the Black Sea known as the Danube fan, the gas hydrate system has yet to adapt to warmer conditions since…

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In a recently published study, researchers contend that they have found a “very dynamic situation” relating to the “development of the Black Sea since the last ice age.” Their analysis of the state of gas hydrate deposits – methane trapped in water molecules that physically looks like ice – is a delayed response to climate phenomena. 
Investigators using coring technology, geophysical logging, and in-situ temperature measurements said that data from drill sites in the Romania section of the Black…

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