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Tag: Andrew Thurber

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

    Scientists confirm active methane seep from Antarctica's seabed

    What looked like a superhighway of white patches on the ocean floor were clusters of tiny organisms drawn to the methane leak

    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.