Methane beneath Greenland's ice sheet is being released.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30602742.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/d41586-018-07762-7 and PMC identifier 7344252.
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Abstract
Methane produced in sediments beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet is released to the atmosphere by meltwater in the summer. This suggests that glacial melt could be an important global source of this greenhouse gas.