Mapping and Quantifying Methane Seeps on the Eastern Siberian Shelf and Slope -- A Component of the Swedish Russian U.S. Climate-Cryosphere-Carbon Interactions (SWERUS-C3) Program

• Main Author: Larry Mayer
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2018
• Subjects: Instruments/Sensors>EK80>Broadband Watercolumn Acoustic Data; Instruments/Sensors>EK80>Broadband Acoustic Watercolum Data; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Norway; Tromso; East Siberian Sea; Barrow; Lomonosov Ridge; Mapping and Quantifying Methane Seeps on the Eastern Siberian Shelf and Slope > A Component of the Swedish Russian U.S. Climate-Cryosphere-Carbon Interactions (SWERUS-C3) Program; permafrost; SWERUS-C3; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2CZ9N

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is present in large amounts in frozen soils and marine sediments in the Arctic. In marine sediments, methane may be present either in permafrost or in gas hydrates. Warming of the Arctic may lead to the release of stored methane, leading to further warming and...