15.6 C
New York
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Melting ice in Alaska is forming new lakes full of bacteria ‘belching’ methane into the atmosphere, NASA scientist warns

Lakes appearing in Alaska because of melting permafrost are “belching” methane into the atmosphere, a scientist working with NASA said. These lakes, called thermokarsts, are so full of the climate-damaging gas that it can be seen bubbling to the surface. More and more of these lakes are appearing as …

This post was originally published on this site

Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Stay Connected

157,336FansLike
396,312FollowersFollow
2,290SubscribersSubscribe

Latest Articles

0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x