In Discover Magazine's Extremo Files blog, graduate student David Case discusses marine methane seeps--deep pockets in the ocean seabed from which methane can escape.
Marine methane seeps host a rich diversity of seafloor life, including microorganisms that consume methane as a food source, thereby preventing its release into the ocean and, ultimately, the atmosphere.
Without this important biological filter, nearly four times more methane would escape into the ocean/atmosphere, further contributing to climate change.
Case, who works with Moore Foundation grantee Victoria Orphan, is investigating how rapidly changing environmental conditions caused by climate change impact seep microbes.
Read the full article in Discover here.
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