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Gas hydrate dissociation linked to contemporary ocean warming in the southern hemisphere

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  • Marcelo Ketzer

    (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Linnaeus University)

  • Daniel Praeg

    (Géoazur
    Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul)

  • Luiz F. Rodrigues

    (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul)

  • Adolpho Augustin

    (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul)

  • Maria A. G. Pivel

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

  • Mahboubeh Rahmati-Abkenar

    (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Linnaeus University)

  • Dennis J. Miller

    (Petrobras Petroleo Brasileiro SA)

  • Adriano R. Viana

    (Petrobras Petroleo Brasileiro SA)

  • José A. Cupertino

    (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul)

Abstract

Ocean warming related to climate change has been proposed to cause the dissociation of gas hydrate deposits and methane leakage on the seafloor. This process occurs in places where the edge of the gas hydrate stability zone in sediments meets the overlying warmer oceans in upper slope settings. Here we present new evidence based on the analysis of a large multi-disciplinary and multi-scale dataset from such a location in the western South Atlantic, which records massive gas release to the ocean. The results provide a unique opportunity to examine ocean-hydrate interactions over millennial and decadal scales, and the first evidence from the southern hemisphere for the effects of contemporary ocean warming on gas hydrate stability. Widespread hydrate dissociation results in a highly focused advective methane flux that is not fully accessible to anaerobic oxidation, challenging the assumption that it is mostly consumed by sulfate reduction before reaching the seafloor.

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  • Marcelo Ketzer & Daniel Praeg & Luiz F. Rodrigues & Adolpho Augustin & Maria A. G. Pivel & Mahboubeh Rahmati-Abkenar & Dennis J. Miller & Adriano R. Viana & José A. Cupertino, 2020. "Gas hydrate dissociation linked to contemporary ocean warming in the southern hemisphere," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-17289-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17289-z
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    1. Mahboubeh Rahmati-Abkenar & Milad Alizadeh & Marcelo Ketzer, 2021. "A New Dynamic Modeling Approach to Predict Microbial Methane Generation and Consumption in Marine Sediments," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-17, September.
    2. Jyoti Shanker Pandey & Yousef Jouljamal Daas & Adam Paul Karcz & Nicolas von Solms, 2020. "Enhanced Hydrate-Based Geological CO 2 Capture and Sequestration as a Mitigation Strategy to Address Climate Change," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-28, October.

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