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Wetlands likely source of methane from ancient warming event

Wetlands likely source of methane from ancient warming event

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

An expansion of wetlands and not a large-scale melting of frozen methane deposits is the likely cause of a spike in atmospheric methane gas that took place some 11,600 years ago, according to an international ...





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Super-size deposits of frozen carbon threat to climate change

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (60) | comments 11

The vast amount of carbon stored in the arctic and boreal regions of the world is more than double that previously estimated, according to a study published this week.


A new acceleration additive for making 'ice that burns'

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created Oct 23, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Japanese scientists are reporting discovery of an additive that can speed up the formation of methane hydrates. Those strange substances have sparked excitement about their potential as a new energy resource and a deep freeze ...


Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink

Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

In a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, ecologists estimate that Arctic lands and oceans are responsible for up to 25 percent of the global net sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Under curren ...


International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition ...


Cousin of the 'ice that burns' emerges as greener new way to fight fires

Cousin of the 'ice that burns' emerges as greener new way to fight fires

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Japan are reporting development of a new type of ice that may provide a more efficient, environmentally-friendly method for putting out fires, including out-of control blazes ...


Methane gas likely spewing into the oceans through vents in sea floor

Methane gas likely spewing into the oceans through vents in sea floor (w/ Video)

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists worry that rising global temperatures accompanied by melting permafrost in arctic regions will initiate the release of underground methane into the atmosphere. Once released, that ...


Methane Formation in the Oceans: New Pathway Discovered

Methane Formation in the Oceans: New Pathway Discovered

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created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new pathway for methane formation in the oceans has been discovered, with significant potential for advancing our understanding of greenhouse gas production on Earth, scientists believe.


Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say

Carbon sequestration may enhance energy production, researchers say

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions continually rise in the United States, unconventional natural gas sources coupled with advances in carbon sequestration may be the solution, ...


Frozen methane chunks not responsible for abrupt increases in atmospheric methane

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created Feb 09, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Icy chunks of frozen methane and water are not responsible for the periodic increases in atmospheric methane recorded in Greenland ice cores, according to a Penn State geoscientist.


A closer look at the Hudson Canyon shows why the canyon is critical for fish

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A series of newly discovered pits in the bottom of the Hudson Canyon, 100 miles southeast of New York Harbor, may be a key ingredient for the abundant and diverse marine ecosystem in and around the canyon, according to research ...



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