methane

A Seasonal “Freeze” on Arctic Methane Release

By Amanda Semler ⋅ March 30, 2020 ⋅ Post a comment

According to new research from the Arctic University of Norway, current greenhouse gas budgets overestimate the amount of methane released from the Arctic Ocean to the atmosphere. Read on to find out why that’s the case, and why this news is not entirely good. Amanda SemlerI’m a PhD candidate in Earth System Science at Stanford […]

Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments

By Nyla Husain ⋅ December 25, 2019 ⋅ Post a comment

How do microbes in lake sediments respond to small and large scale influences, and what does it have to do with climate change? Nyla HusainI’m a PhD student at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. I use a small-scale computer model to study how physical features like surface waves at the air-sea […]

Methane on the dinner menu

By Michael Graw ⋅ March 29, 2017 ⋅ Post a comment

Bacteria in coastal waters can eat methane, a greenhouse gas – but just how much and how fast can they eat? Michael GrawI’m a 5th year PhD student at Oregon State University researching the microbial ecology of marine sediments – why do we find microbes where they are in the seafloor, and what are they […]

More than cow burps: the many sources of methane

By Victoria Treadaway ⋅ March 15, 2017 ⋅ Post a comment

Methane is an important, and often forgotten, greenhouse gas. It comes from a variety of sources including wetlands, rice paddies, and natural gas operations. This article explores methane’s role in our changing climate and investigates some natural and anthropogenic sources. Victoria TreadawayI am a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University […]

Double, double methane and trouble: Quantifying natural and man-made methane seeps

By Eric Orenstein ⋅ May 10, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

Researchers from Texas A&M and Woods Hole tested out a new, 3D camera system designed to look at deep sea methane seeps. The high resolution, high frame rate videos yielded new insights into bubble dynamics that could influence how we respond to oil and gas spills. Eric OrensteinEric is a PhD student at the Scripps […]

A Song of Ice, Fire, and Climate: Could Warming Seas Release Methane from Beneath the Seafloor?

By Carrie McDonough ⋅ January 28, 2014 ⋅ One comment

In 2008, scientists were troubled to find methane bubbling up from marine sediments off the coast of a string of islands in the Arctic Ocean. In this study, researchers investigate whether the methane is the result of destabilization of methane hydrates under the seafloor due to warming ocean waters. Carrie McDonoughI am the founder of […]