Widespread methane seepage along the continental margin off Svalbard - from Bjørnøya to Kongsfjorden

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Mau, S., Römer, M., Torres, M. E., Bussmann, I., Pape, T., Damm, E., Geprägs, P., Wintersteller, P., Hsu, C.-W., Loher, M., Bohrmann, G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Bjørnøya; Hornsund; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322355/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28230189; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep42997

Numerous articles have recently reported on gas seepage offshore Svalbard, because the gas emission from these Arctic sediments was thought to result from gas hydrate dissociation, possibly triggered by anthropogenic ocean warming. We report on findings of a much broader seepage area, extending from...