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Arctic Methane: Is Catastrophe Imminent?

In my article over the weekend about the climate risks from buried Arctic carbon, I omitted any discussion of one issue that sometimes appears in the news: methane deposits under relatively shallow seawater near the coasts of Siberia, Canada and Alaska. It was a purposeful omission because my piece focused on carbon buried on land, which presents a climate risk if it eventually emerges as methane or carbon dioxide.

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Date: 
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Author: 
Justin Gillis, The New York Times
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Reeburgh, William
Research Area: 
Atmospheric Chemistry
Research Area: 
Physical Climate
Research Lab: 
Reeburgh Research Group

Summer 2005

John
Kessler
Degree Earned: 
Earth System Science (Ph.D.)
Dissertation Title: 

Studies on oceanic methane: Concentrations, stable isotope ratios, and natural radiocarbon measurements

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ESS Faculty: 
Reeburgh, William
ESS Research Area: 
Biogeochemical Cycles
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Reeburgh Research Group

2010

1313B Croul Hall
Department of Earth System Science
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Mary
Pack
Degree Earned: 
Earth System Science (Ph.D.)

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Biogeochemical Cycles
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Reeburgh Research Group

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Bill
Reeburgh
Professor Emeritus of Earth System Science
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reeburgh@uci.edu
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(949)824-8794
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Research Area: 
Biogeochemical Cycles
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Reeburgh Research Group