Researchers at Cambridge_Uni and UNISvalbard have identified a new source of methane leaking from groundwater springs - formed from melting glaciers - in the Arctic. The emissions could accelerate global warming. Read more at:
“This is a novel methane emissions pathway that we hadn’t identified before,” saysHundreds of springs have emerged at the base of retreating glaciers across the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Kleber was intrigued by the springs, partly because of their “sulphuric, eggy smell”. Although methane is odourless, microbes in high-methane conditions sometimes produce gases like hydrogen sulphide that have this distinctive smell. “We knew …
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