Leaking methane reservoirs offshore Svalbard
Methane hydrate—a solid substance in which methane is trapped within ice‐like crystals—is stable at low temperatures and high pressures and may be destabilized by ocean warming on both geological and human time scales. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and methane released from hydrate provides...
Published in: | Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2012
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Online Access: | https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00451/56262/57832.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2012EO420001 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00451/56262/ |