Greenhouse Gas in the Southern Ocean
off the coast of South Georgia are unlikely to have escaped into the atmosphere and contributed to the greenhouse effect. With its deep fjords and bays, the rugged north coast of South Georgia Island lends [...] more than 130 active methane seeps on the ocean floor off the coast of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. This is the first piece of evidence to confirm that methane, a greenhouse gas, is also escaping [...] the depth-sounding equipment on board the vessel, we investigated two bays on the North coast of South Georgia Island…”, says Gerhard Bohrmann, leader of the expedition. “…and we carried out an especially