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Gas Hydrates and Global Climate Change
Author(s) -
BREWER PETER G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06773.x
Subject(s) - clathrate hydrate , fossil fuel , hydrate , global warming , seabed , tribute , climate change , deep sea , environmental science , chemistry , earth science , oceanography , geology , geography , archaeology , organic chemistry
A bstract : The gas hydrate phenomenon intersects with societal concerns about global climate change in at least two distinct ways: the possibility of destruction of gas hydrates exposed on or near the sea floor by global warming; and the possibility of avoiding this and other problems by taking advantage of CO 2 hydrate formation during active disposal of fossil fuel CO 2 in the deep ocean. This extraordinary picture of contemporary discussion of the possible destruction by mankind of one hydrate, and the creation of another, both in vast quantities in the ocean, is a tribute to the unusual nature and power of this chemical cage.