Cryosphere-controlled methane release throughout the last glacial cycle

• Published in: Science
• Main Author: Serov, Pavel
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Marine geology: 466; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Marin geologi: 466; DOKTOR-004; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Gramberg; Hanssen; Kara Sea; Norway; Tromsø; Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate; Climate change; Global warming; Ice; Methane hydrate; permafrost; Sea ice; Arctic University of Norway; UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15559

The cryosphere of Arctic regions is undergoing rapid change due to century-scale global warming superimposed on millennial-scale natural climatic perturbations that started at the end of the last glacial cycle approximately 20,000 years ago [Slaymaker and Kelly, 2009]. The cryosphere refers to areas...