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Like ‘champagne bottles being opened’: Scientists uncover an ancient Arctic methane explosion

By Chelsea Harvey, The Washington Post June 2, 2017
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Nearly 12,000 years ago, a sudden burst of methane surged from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, leaving an array of gigantic craters in its wake. And a slow trickle of gas continues to leak from the seafloor to this day.

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