湾流最近的变化导致了广泛的气体水合物不稳定
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
概括
这就是海湾流.
科学领域:
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地质
背景情况:
- 海湾流通过运送温暖的水来影响北半球的气候.
- 海流的变化可能会破坏海底甲水合物的稳定,危及甲的释放.
- 湾流变化对甲水合物稳定性的影响尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究最近海湾流变化对甲水合物稳定性的影响.
- 量化甲酸盐破坏稳定的程度和速度.
- 评估甲释放对气候的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 对地震数据的分析.
- 热模型的应用.
- 对海洋温度变化的研究.
主要成果:
- 最近与海湾流相关的海洋变暖正在北美边缘迅速破坏甲水合物的稳定.
- 高达8°C的气温升高使2.5千亿的甲水合物沿着数百公里的边缘破坏了稳定.
- 在至少1万平方公里的地区发生了不稳定,有可能在几个世纪内继续释放.
结论:
- 海湾流最近的温度变化正在积极破坏重要的甲水合物储量.
- 这种不稳定造成甲释放和潜在气候影响的风险.
- 全球甲水合物不稳定可能比目前估计的更广泛.
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