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Scientists discover first active methane leak from the sea bed in Antarctica
FirstpostThe seepage of the methane was first discovered in 2011 by a team of divers but studies on the site began only in 2016. Scientists have discovered the first active seepage of methane into the atmosphere from the ocean floor and it is a matter of grave concern. Methane can leak into the atmosphere from various natural and man-made sources like fossil fuels, wetlands, gas hydrates under the sea bed and rice paddy fields. Researchers have found the active methane leak seeping from the floor of Ross Sea in Antarctica. It took more than five years for the microbes to begin to show up and even then there was still methane rapidly escaping from the seafloor.” “The methane cycle is absolutely something that we as a society need to be concerned about,” he added.
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