Ocean currents disturb methane-eating bacteria
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 13:01
in Earth & Climate
Offshore the Svalbard archipelago, methane gas is seeping out of the seabed at the depths of several hundred meters. These cold seeps are a home to communities of microorganisms that survive in a chemosynthetic environment - where the fuel for life is not the sun, but the carbon rich greenhouse gas.