Greenland’s subglacial methane released
Methane produced in sediments beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet is released to the atmosphere by meltwater in the summer. This suggests that glacial melt could be an important global source of this greenhouse gas.
| Published in: | Nature |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344252/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30602742 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07762-7 |
| Summary: | Methane produced in sediments beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet is released to the atmosphere by meltwater in the summer. This suggests that glacial melt could be an important global source of this greenhouse gas. |
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