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Hundreds methane vents causing 'widespread leakage' discovered along US-Atlantic margin
2014-08-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Scientists have discovered nearly 600 methane vents off the eastern seaboard of the United States, along the continental margin, which is the region of the ocean floor lying between the coast and the deeper Atlantic Ocean, according to a paper published Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. It is the first time we have seen this level of seepage outside the Arctic that is not associated with features like oil or gas reservoirs or active tectonic margins, Adam Skarke, a geologist at Mississippi...
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