Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet
As Ted Schuur stepped along the edges of Smith Lake, a bubble surfaced from the muck underfoot. And then another. They're bubbles of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas made from decomposing plants and animals that had once been stuck in Alaska's frigid permafrost. But that frozen ground is thawing…
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As Ted Schuur stepped along the edges of Smith Lake, a bubble surfaced from the muck underfoot.— Phys.org
They're bubbles of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas made from decomposing plants and animals that had once been stuck in Alaska's frigid permafrost.— Phys.org