Extreme cold temperatures and light winds allowed for the lake’s surface to freeze slowly, resulting in crystal clear ice. Methane bubbles from decaying plants rising from below became trapped ...

A new research underscores how future increases in methane emissions could significantly influence ozone recovery, particularly in the polar regions.

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is bubbling from thawing ground under lakes across the Arctic. In winter, surface ice traps the gas. On this pond near Fairbanks, Alaska, scientists have drilled ...

The team found that when water from melting glaciers enters lakes and streams, the microbes living in those bodies of water can consume large amounts of methane ... the land, ice, water and ...