Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Methane from tundra, ocean floor didn't spike during previous natural warming period

The last ice age transition to a warmer climate some 11,500 years ago did not include massive methane flux from marine sediments or the tundra, new research suggests. Instead, the likely source of rising levels of atmospheric methane was from tropical wetlands, authors of the new study say.

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