Diminishing sea ice near the Arctic coast leaves more open water near the coast for winds to create waves. The increased wave action reaches down and stirs up sediments on shallow continental ...

A report in the journal Science says that the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is leaking methane to the atmosphere, in volumes "on par with previous estimates of methane venting from the entire world ocean ...

Russian scientists came to "understanding of the mechanism of massive methane release from bottom sediments of the East Siberian Arctic shelf," the article reads. Active releases not only ...