湾岸流の最近の変化により,ガス水素の不安定化が広範囲に広がっています
Benjamin J Phrampus1, Matthew J Hornbach
1Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA. bphrampus@mail.smu.edu
Nature
|October 27, 2012
まとめ
湾岸流 (Gulf Stream) とは,湾岸流 (Gulf Stream) と呼ばれるものです.
科学分野:
- 海洋学 海洋学とは
- 気候科学 気候科学
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
背景:
- 湾岸流は暖かい水を運ぶことで北半球の気候に影響を与えます.
- 変化する海流は,海底のメタン水素を不安定化し,メタンの放出を危険にさらす可能性があります.
- メタンの水酸化物の安定性に対する湾岸流の変化の影響は十分に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 最近の湾岸流の変化がメタン水合物の安定性に与える影響を調査する.
- メタン水素不安定化の程度と速度を定量化するために.
- メタンの放出による気候への潜在的な影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 地震データの分析. 地震データの分析.
- 熱モデルの応用.
- 海洋の温度変化の調査.
主要な成果:
- 最近の湾岸流に関連した海洋温暖化は,北米の境界線でメタン水素を急速に不安定化しています.
- 最大8°Cの温暖化により,数百キロメートルの境界線に沿って2.5ギガトンのメタン水素が不安定化しました.
- 少なくとも1万平方キロメートルの土地で不安定化が起きており,何世紀にもわたって放出が続く可能性があります.
結論:
- 湾岸流の最近の気温変動は,重要なメタン水合物埋蔵量を積極的に不安定化しています.
- この不安定化は,メタンの放出や気候への潜在的な影響のリスクを伴います.
- 世界的なメタン水素の不安定化は,現在見積もられているよりも広範囲に広がっている可能性があります.
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