Computer simulation strengthens link between climate change and release of subsea methane
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 16:14
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- A first-of-its-kind computer simulation that mirrors real-world observations of methane bubbling up from a seabed in the Arctic Ocean provides further evidence that warming oceans may unleash vast quantities of methane trapped in hydrate deposits buried beneath the seafloor.