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.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature
Main Author: ANDREWS, LAUREN C.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 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
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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.