Warmer Pacific Ocean Could Release Millions of Tons of Seafloor Methane

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 12:30 in Earth & Climate

Water off Washington's coast is warming a third of a mile down, where seafloor methane shifts from a frozen solid to a gas. Calculations suggest ocean warming is already releasing significant methane offshore of Alaska to California.

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