Understanding of methane seep formation and prevalence on US Atlantic margin advanced by new NOAA study

Methane bubbles flow in small streams out of seafloor sediment during a remotely operated vehicle dive offshore Virginia north of Washington Canyon in 2013. This seep was discovered based on the analysis of water column data collected earlier in the expedition.

A major new study  on the distribution and origin of methane seeps on the US Atlantic margin — the seafloor between the coast and the deep ocean — expands the inventory of methane seeps (also called cold seeps) between the South Atlantic Bight and Georges Bank and explores the processes that contribute to their formation. Until […]

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