Limited contribution of ancient methane to surface waters of the U.S. Beaufort Sea shelf

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Sparrow, Katy J., Kessler, John D., Southon, John R., Garcia-Tigreros, Fenix, Schreiner, Kathryn M., Ruppel, Carolyn D., Miller, John B., Lehman, Scott J., Xu, Xiaomei
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of Minnesota
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao4842; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.aao4842

Ancient methane emitted to Arctic Ocean shelf waters is largely prevented from reaching the atmosphere.