This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Atmospheric methane (CH₄) concentrations have more than doubled in the past ~ 250 yr, although the sources of this potent greenhouse gas ...

A gorgeous photo of frozen methane bubbles trapped in ice within the deepest lake on earth has gone viral. The picture— taken by photographer Kristina Makeeva and also shared by NASA—shows bubbles of ...

Thawing permafrost has released so much methane into Esieh Lake near Fairbanks, Alaska that the air above it is flammable.

Abraham Lake’s beautiful methane bubbles beneath the water’s frozen surface, all surrounded by breathtaking mountain views, ...

The ground is made up of both ice and frozen soil called permafrost. The ground is made up of both ice and frozen soil called permafrost. As the permafrost thaws, the ground sinks and floods. The ice ...

Methane bubbles to the surface Lake Kariba, Africa, of the world's largest man-made lake and reservoir by volume. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

By the end of this century, methane leaking from lakes and reservoirs could be far higher than today due to warming waters.

Spring blossoms have started in most parts of the country, but in Alaska the ice is still melting. I’m a climate change scientist and a mother, and the best way I’ve found to talk with my kids about a ...

So as these bubbles come up through the water and then they often will float at the lake surface for a minute and then pop, they’re releasing almost pure methane. It’s often 80, 90% methane into the ...

Across the Arctic, there are lakes where the water appears to boil. Where "drunk" forests crash into the water. Where huge sinkholes appear following mammoth explosions—one witness to such an event ...

High in Ecuador’s Andes, ponds smaller than about 1.25 acres are releasing more carbon dioxide and methane than many larger ...