Ocean temperature variability for the past 60 years on the Norwegian-Svalbard margin influences gas hydrate stability on human time scales

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Ferré, Benedicte, Mienert, Jurgen, Feseker, Tomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2012
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; Norwegian Arctic; Norwegian margin; Climate change; Gas hydrate; Arctic; Barents Sea; Pacific; Prins Karls Forland; Svalbard; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Svalbard margin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/13405; https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008300

Source at https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008300 . The potential impact of future climate change on methane release from oceanic gas hydrates is the subject of much debate. We analyzed World Ocean Database quality controlled data on the Norwegian‐Svalbard continental margin from the past 60 years to e...