Leaking methane reservoirs offshore Svalbard

• Published in: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
• Main Authors: Minshull, T. A., Westbrook, G. K., Weitemeyer, K. A., Sinha, M. C., Goswami, B. K., Marsset, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Svalbard; Archer; Methane hydrate
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501761/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2012EO420001

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...