Tag: Andrew Thurber

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 07:34 UTC

  Scientists confirm active methane seep from Antarctica's seabed

  

  Scientists have discovered an active methane seep from Antarctica's sea bed that could shed light on the potent greenhouse gas trapped beneath frozen continent. Marine ecologist Andrew Thurber first glimpsed what a colleague described as a “microbial waterfall” during a dive in the icy waters of the Ross Sea in 2012.