Pockmarks -- Evidence of Gas Release (IMAGE)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Pockmarks -- Evidence of Gas Release

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Pockmarks are scars on the ocean floor, an evidence of gas release. These likely appeared as the ice sheet retreated from the western part of Svalbard, and the area began to submerge in seawater again. They prove that release of methane followed the retreat of the ice sheet.

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Illustration:Alexey Portnov/CAGE

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