The Siberian coast is largely uncharted territory, but an international team of scientists traveled the Russian waters in search of methane ? a potent greenhouse gas ? that is welling up from permafrost beneath the arctic waves. Host Bruce Gellerman speaks with head researcher Professor Orjan Gustafsson, of Stockholm University, about the team’s findings.
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