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glacier cave on Svalbard

Shrinking Arctic glaciers are unearthing a new source of methane

06 Jul 2023

As the Arctic warms, shrinking glaciers are exposing bubbling groundwater springs which could provide an underestimated source of the potent...

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Greenhouse gas ‘feedback loop’ discovered in freshwater lakes

04 May 2018

Latest research finds plant debris in lake sediment affects methane emissions. The flourishing reed beds created by changing climates could threaten...

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Methane emissions caused by shrinking sea ice from the Arctic could cost the world 60 trillion dollars.

Cost of Arctic methane release could be ‘size of global economy’ warn experts

24 Jul 2013

Economic modelling shows that the possible methane emissions caused by shrinking sea ice from just one area of the Arctic could come with a global...

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