Hundreds of bubble streams link biology, seismology off Washington's coast
Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
Off the coast of Washington, columns of bubbles rise from the seafloor, as if evidence of a sleeping dragon lying below. But these bubbles are methane that is squeezed out of sediment and rises up through the water. The locations where they emerge provide important clues to what will happen during a major offshore earthquake.