Minimal geological methane emissions during the Younger Dryas–Preboreal abrupt warming event

Vasilii V. Petrenko (), Andrew M. Smith, Hinrich Schaefer, Katja Riedel, Edward Brook, Daniel Baggenstos, Christina Harth, Quan Hua, Christo Buizert, Adrian Schilt, Xavier Fain, Logan Mitchell, Thomas Bauska, Anais Orsi, Ray F. Weiss and Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
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Vasilii V. Petrenko: University of Rochester
Andrew M. Smith: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Hinrich Schaefer: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Katja Riedel: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Edward Brook: College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Daniel Baggenstos: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Christina Harth: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Quan Hua: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Christo Buizert: College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Adrian Schilt: College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Xavier Fain: Université Grenoble Alpes/CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement (LGGE), UMR 5183
Logan Mitchell: College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Thomas Bauska: College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Anais Orsi: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Ray F. Weiss: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Nature, 2017, vol. 548, issue 7668, 443-446

Abstract: Measurements from Antarctic ice suggest that geological methane emissions are much lower than previously thought, and that methane emissions from hydrates and permafrost in response to climate warming are minimal.

Date: 2017
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