Methane Gas Leaking Faster Than Expected (2 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Methane Gas Leaking Faster Than Expected (2 of 4)

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This is dissolved CH4 in bottom water. This image relates to an article that appeared in the March 5, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. N. Shakhova of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in Fairbanks, Alaska, and colleagues, was titled, "Extensive Methane Venting to the Atmosphere from Sediments of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf."

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