Re: The Methane Thread pt. 2

Methane plumes in the ocean may help remove CO2 from the atmosphere and reduce global warming
methane-seeps-arctic-slowing-global-warming
A new study finds that relatively little methane reaches the surface above known subsurface methane seeps in he ocean near Svalbard. Instead, the methane helps trigger phytoplankton blooms in the ocean that pump down atmospheric CO2.
This is a newly discovered NEGATIVE feedback effect, i.e. as global warming destabilizes methane hydrates in deep water sediments, the methane seeps result in CO2 being removed from the atmosphere above the seeps, slowing global warming.
Just shows how complicated the planet is.....new physical processes are being discovered all the time!
Cheers!
methane-seeps-arctic-slowing-global-warming
A new study finds that relatively little methane reaches the surface above known subsurface methane seeps in he ocean near Svalbard. Instead, the methane helps trigger phytoplankton blooms in the ocean that pump down atmospheric CO2.
This is a newly discovered NEGATIVE feedback effect, i.e. as global warming destabilizes methane hydrates in deep water sediments, the methane seeps result in CO2 being removed from the atmosphere above the seeps, slowing global warming.
Just shows how complicated the planet is.....new physical processes are being discovered all the time!
Cheers!