Warming Waters May Be Releasing Giant Plumes of Methane Off the U.S. West Coast
Scientists have detected a disproportionate number of methane bubble plumes off the Washington and Oregon coast. The warming Pacific ocean may be triggering the release of this powerful greenhouse gas, which has remained frozen beneath the seafloor for thousands of years. The new study, which has been accepted for publication in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, details…