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CAGE studies sub-seabed methane hydrates and related greenhouse gas release processes in Arctic environments. Enormous amounts of methane hydrate, an ice-like substance, exist in the ocean floor at high pressure and low temperature. Ocean warming makes it potentially vulnerable to melting. We know t...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:CAGE – Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate Report Series
Main Author: Mienert, Jürgen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2023
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/cage/article/view/6837
https://doi.org/10.7557/cage.6837
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Summary:CAGE studies sub-seabed methane hydrates and related greenhouse gas release processes in Arctic environments. Enormous amounts of methane hydrate, an ice-like substance, exist in the ocean floor at high pressure and low temperature. Ocean warming makes it potentially vulnerable to melting. We know that methane released in this way acted as a powerful greenhouse gas accelerating climate warming in the geological past. We aim to examine what it could mean to our future.