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Cold Seeps at the Sear Floor

Aug 29, 2013
Methane seeping from the sea floor is being sampled. Photo: MARUM, University of Bremen
In a study that they now published in Nature Geoscience A. Boetius and F. Wenzhöfer make up the global balance of methane emissions from the sea floor. According to this this study up to 80% of the methane emissions are oxidized by marine microorganisms. more...