A new study reveals that methane from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines spread widely across the southern Baltic Sea, remaining elevated for several months. Researchers used underwater gliders to measure methane concentrations, finding significant impacts on marine protected areas.
Methane from the destroyed Nord Stream pipelines spread over a large part of the southern Baltic Sea and remained for several months.
Much of the methane gas from the Nord Stream leak rose directly to the sea surface and into the atmosphere. But some methane remained below the surface and was dispersed by ocean currents. "To get the most robust estimations, we combined observations from the gliders with surface observations collected by our colleagues at the German research institute IOW from a ferry. It was gratifying to see how well it matched the results from University of Gothenburg's research vessel's expedition to the Nord Stream leak area too.
"We now know the areas where the methane emission may have had an impact. It will be easier to determine whether a future problem in the Baltic Sea ecosystems, for example, is related to the Nord Stream leak or not," says Bastien Queste.Much of the methane released into the southern Baltic Sea from the Nord Stream gas pipeline has remained in the water. This is shown by measurements taken by researchers from the University of ...
BALTIC SEA METHANE NORD STREAM CLIMATE CHANGE MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
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