Ice ages, climate change and methane emissions in the Arctic

We propose that under the extreme conditions of past ice ages, storage of methane as gas hydrates was much more extensive. During these periods, vast ice sheets covered much of the Arctic. The high pressure, low temperature conditions beneath these ice sheets would have provided ideal conditions for the formation of thick, stable gas hydrate reservoirs.

The talk will be given by Monica Winsborrow, researcher at Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE).