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Huge methane cache beneath Arctic could be unlocked by the moon Patrick Pester
The moon could be affecting how much methane is released from the Arctic Ocean seafloor, a new study finds.
The tides, which are controlled by the moon, affect how much methane is released from seafloor sediments: Low tides mean less pressure and more methane released, while high tides create more pressure, and therefore less methane emission. © Provided by Live Science In this digital reconstruction, methane can be seen rising as flares from the sea floor.
The research was conducted in the west-Svalbard region of the Arctic, with the findings published Oct. 9 in the journal Nature Communications.
The Moon Has a Strange, Hidden Effect on Earth Leaking Potent Greenhouse Emissions
16 DECEMBER 2020
Methane leaks from the environment and human activity are a serious greenhouse gas problem. Methane is many times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat, and scientists now say the Moon plays a key role in how much of the gas gets released.
It s all down to the tides and the tugging effect that the Moon s gravitational pull has on them – a phenomenon we can quantify. By placing a piezometer instrument in the Arctic Ocean for four days and nights, researchers were able to measure temperature and pressure changes over time.
Moon Controls Release of Gas in Arctic Ocean That Cause Global Warming, New Study Finds
Researchers from the University in Tromso and The Arctic University of Norway conducted the study to find out how Moon controls the methane emission.
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The Arctic Ocean has been releasing enormous amounts of methane gas, a powerful greenhouse gas that impacts the global climate, for thousands of years. But in a recently published paper, scientists noted that the Moon, the only natural satellite of Earth, is probably also contributing to the methane emission activity.
The world s oceans are large reservoirs of methane, which is the second biggest contributor to human-caused global warming after CO2. According to climate experts, the gas is stored in the form of solid methane hydrates in the seafloor and the emission can cause the ocean warms up. But the emission of methane into the atmosphere also somehow managed by the Moon, said a new study which was published in the journal Nature Communic
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