Deglacial bottom water warming intensified Arctic methane seepage in the NW Barents Sea

Naima El bani Altuna; Tine Lander Rasmussen; Mohamed Mahmoud Ezat; Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta; Jeroen Groeneveld; Mervyn Greaves

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00264-x

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2021)

Deglacial bottom water warming intensified Arctic methane seepage in the NW Barents Sea

Naima El bani Altuna,
Tine Lander Rasmussen,
Mohamed Mahmoud Ezat,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Jeroen Groeneveld,
Mervyn Greaves

Affiliations

Naima El bani Altuna: CAGE-Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tine Lander Rasmussen: CAGE-Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Mohamed Mahmoud Ezat: CAGE-Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta: CAGE-Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Jeroen Groeneveld: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research
Mervyn Greaves: Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00264-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Phases of high bottom water temperature in the northwestern Barents Sea caused repeated destabilization of methane gas hydrates since the last glacial, according to a foraminifera Mg/Ca bottom water temperature record and hydrate stability modelling

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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