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SUBMITTER: Sparrow KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5771695 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sparrow Katy J KJ Kessler John D JD Southon John R JR Garcia-Tigreros Fenix F Schreiner Kathryn M KM Ruppel Carolyn D CD Miller John B JB Lehman Scott J SJ Xu Xiaomei X
Science advances 20180117 1
In response to warming climate, methane can be released to Arctic Ocean sediment and waters from thawing subsea permafrost and decomposing methane hydrates. However, it is unknown whether methane derived from this sediment storehouse of frozen ancient carbon reaches the atmosphere. We quantified the fraction of methane derived from ancient sources in shelf waters of the U.S. Beaufort Sea, a region that has both permafrost and methane hydrates and is experiencing significant warming. Although the ...[more]