Gas Hydrate: Environmental and Climate Impacts

Abstract

This Special Issue reports research spanning from the analysis of indirect data, modelling, laboratory and geological data confirming the intrinsic multidisciplinarity of the gas hydrate studies. The study areas are (1) Arctic, (2) Brazil, (3) Chile and (4) the Mediterranean region. The results furnished an important tessera of the knowledge about the relationship of a gas hydrate system with other complex natural phenomena such as climate change, slope stability and earthquakes, and human activities.

Keywords

• natural gas hydrate
• methane cycle
• global change
• ecosystem
• geohazards
• risk assessment
• environmental impact
• multidisciplinary
• blue growth