Bubbling methane emissions caused by ice-free days in Arctic lakes

Monday, July 6, 2020 - 13:10 in Earth & Climate

Although the Arctic is best known for frozen tundra, it also has a number of freshwater lakes that are covered in ice most of the year. But the length of time they are ice-covered is decreasing, and this is allowing methane to bubble into the atmosphere. Globally, lakes are responsible for nearly one-third of biogenic […]

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