The Impact of Methane Seepage on the Pore-Water Geochemistry across the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Guseva, Natalia, Moiseeva, Yulia, Purgina, Darya, Gershelis, Elena, Yakushev, Evgeniy, Semiletov, Igor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; East Siberian Sea; Laptev Sea; laptev
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2833783; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13040397

East Siberian Arctic Shelf, the widest and the shallowest shelf of the World Ocean, covering greater than two million square kilometers, has recently been shown to be a significant modern source of atmospheric methane (CH4). The CH4 emitted to the water column could result from modern methanogenesis...