[ad_1] Methane, the main component of natural gas, is the cleanest fuel of all fossil fuels, but when it is released into the atmosphere it is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. According to some estimates, the seafloor methane contained in ice formations along the continental fringes …
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[ad_1] University of Hawaii Merciless eels on the top of the submarine mountain in CCZ; over 9,800 feet deep. (Photo credit: Drazen Lab / UH Mānoa; Deep CCZ Exp) The largest aggregation of fish ever recorded in the abyssal deep sea was discovered by a team of oceanographers from the …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: The blue ice that covers Lake Fryxell in the Transantarctic Mountains comes from the melted water of the glacier. View More Credit: Joe Mastroianni, National Science Foundation The impact of changes in sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific on the global climate has long been recognized. For …
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[ad_1] Vibrations travel across our planet in waves, like chords resonating from a strummed guitar. Earthquakes, volcanoes and the hustle and bustle of human activity excite some of these seismic waves. Many others reverberate from wind-driven ocean storms. As storms shake the world’s seas, wind-whipped waves at the surface interact …
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