Greenland's subglacial methane released

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作者：
Andrews, Lauren C. [1 ]
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[1] NASA, Global Modeling & Assimilat Off, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
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NATURE | 2019年 / 565卷 / 7737期
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BENEATH;
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10.1038/d41586-018-07762-7
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Methane produced in sediments beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet is released to the atmosphere by meltwater in the summer. This suggests that glacial melt could be an important global source of this greenhouse gas.
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