Gulf Stream Shift Linked to Methane Gas Escaping from Seabeds

Somewhere off the eastern coast of North Carolina, a frozen mixture of water and methane gas tucked in seabed sediments is starting to break down. Researchers blame a shifting Gulf Stream -- the swift Atlantic Ocean current that flows north from the Gulf of Mexico -- which is now delivering warmer waters to areas that had previously only experienced colder temperatures. [More]

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