Impact of tides and sea-level on deep-sea Arctic methane emissions

Nabil Sultan; Andreia Plaza-Faverola; Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta; Stefan Buenz; Jochen Knies

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18899-3

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Impact of tides and sea-level on deep-sea Arctic methane emissions

Nabil Sultan,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta,
Stefan Buenz,
Jochen Knies

Affiliations

Nabil Sultan: Ifremer, Département REM, Unité des Géosciences Marines
Andreia Plaza-Faverola: Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø
Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta: Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø
Stefan Buenz: Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø
Jochen Knies: Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Department of Geosciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18899-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This study investigates the effect of changing sea level on deep sea gas emissions in the Arctic. The results show that small decreases in sea-level favors gas release. This implies that sea-level rise may partially counterbalance the effect of warming oceans on gas emissions overall.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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