Methane Emissions from the Arctic Ocean

Airborne measurements detect the greenhouse gas rising out of cracks in the ice cap.

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Courtesy Eric Kort, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Caption based on a text by Alan Buis, JPL. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, with additional support from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, NASA, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Published May 9, 2012
Data acquired August 19, 2011

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OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS