Gas hydrate dissociation linked to contemporary ocean warming in the southern hemisphere

Ocean warming could enable the release of methane related to hydrate dissociation from the ocean floor, a process thought to have triggered abrupt climate changes in Earth history. Here the authors detect this process in action, observing a massive release of methane from a site in the South Atlanti...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Marcelo Ketzer, Daniel Praeg, Luiz F. Rodrigues, Adolpho Augustin, Maria A. G. Pivel, Mahboubeh Rahmati-Abkenar, Dennis J. Miller, Adriano R. Viana, José A. Cupertino
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Science
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South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17289-z
https://doaj.org/article/8cca8017341448c691035cb10b713717
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Summary:Ocean warming could enable the release of methane related to hydrate dissociation from the ocean floor, a process thought to have triggered abrupt climate changes in Earth history. Here the authors detect this process in action, observing a massive release of methane from a site in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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