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Meltwater flushed methane from Greenland seabed during ice-sheet retreat, researchers reveal

  • May 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Meltwater flushed methane from Greenland seabed during ice-sheet retreat, researchers reveal
An international team of scientists has discovered that methane hydrates beneath the northwest Greenland continental shelf became rapidly destabilized by meltwater, releasing large stores of methane during ice-sheet retreat across the continental shelf.

Originally published at Phys.org

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