NSF-OPP ARC-102328: Collaborative Research: The East Siberian Arctic Shelf as a Source of Atmospheric Methane: First Approach to Quantitative Assessment

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center
• Subjects: Arctic shelf; carbon; methane release; biogeochemistry; subsea permafrost; permafrost thawing; Siberian Arctic; Arctic; Collaborative Research: The East Siberian Arctic Shelf as a Source of Atmospheric Methane: First Approach to Quantitative Assessment; Global warming; permafrost
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/a2850363-45a1-496d-96a3-e2c8441e3467

The East Siberian Arctic shelf (ESAS) is the largest (~10% of the world ocean shelf area) and the shallowest shelf (mean depth <50 m) of the world ocean. Until this study, the ESAS was not considered a source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere due to subsea permafrost’s impermeability, which comp...