ArticleScientific reports2018
Direct isotopic evidence of biogenic methane production and efflux from beneath a temperate glacier.
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- Subglacial geology and thermal conditions regulate methane emissions from Svalbard glaciers.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Thermogenic methane beneath the North Greenland Ice Sheet revealed by isotopic and geological evidence.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Oxidation is a potentially significant methane sink in land-terminating glacial runoff.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
The base of glaciers and ice sheets provide environments suitable for the production of methane. High pressure conditions beneath the impermeable 'cap' of overlying ice promote entrapment of methane reserves that can be released to the atmosphere during ice thinning and meltwater evacuation. However, contemporary glaciers and ice sheets are rarely accounted for as methane contributors through field measurements. Here, we present direct field-based evidence of methane production and release from beneath the Icelandic glacier Sólheimajökull, where geothermal activity creates sub-oxic conditions suited to methane production and preservation along the meltwater flow path. Methane production at the glacier bed (48 tonnes per day, or 39 mM CH
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