Descriptions:
Climate State: New research indicates that the so-called fire-ice, which refers to frozen methane under the ocean, could be at risk of melting as a consequence of climate change, potentially leading to its release into the sea.
References
- Climate change shown to cause methane release from the deep ocean https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2023/12/fireice/
- Teaser image Photo by John Bakator on Unsplash
- Long-distance migration and venting of methane from the base of the hydrate stability zone https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01333-w.epdf
- Methane Hydrate image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate#/media/File:Gashydrat_mit_Struktur.jpg
- WWF – Our Planet: Our Business. (2019) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdWQJq2OkJs
- U.S. EPA – The Role of Methane on Climate Change (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL2K_Oh4THM
