Tag: Burps

09 JUN

Giant methane burps left scars at the bottom of the Barents Sea

Enlarge / Craters and mounds on the floor of the Barents Sea. (credit: K. Andreassen/CAGE) It’s not that hard to understand the changes that have controlled the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during past climate changes. But methane (a potent greenhouse gas itself) does some mysterious things. A lot of it is secreted away […]

14 APR

Saturn and Jupiter’s moon burps bode well for distant life

Scientists recently took a closer look at data over a decade old and concluded that two moons orbiting Saturn and Jupiter might have environments that foster life. During an October 2015 flyby of the ringed planet’s moon Enceladus, the probe Cassini was hit by gaseous plume, which was likely a hydrothermal vent breaking through the […]