Video and pictures from latest research mission show gas release in the Laptev and the East Siberian seas
Bubbling methane craters and super seeps – is this the worrying new face of the undersea Arctic? Video and pictures from latest research mission show gas release in the Laptev and the East Siberian seas. By Valeria Sukhova, Olga Gertcyk A team of 69 scientists from ten countries documented bubble clouds rising from a depth of around 300 metres (985ft) along a 150km (93 mile) undersea slope in the Laptev Sea, and confirmed high methane concentrations by hundreds of onboard…