As the planet warms, vast stores of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — could be released from frozen deposits on land and under the ocean. Amanda Leigh Mascarelli reports on the race to understand a ticking time bomb.
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Mascarelli, A. A sleeping giant?. Nature Clim Change 1, 46–49 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/climate.2009.24
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