Vast water hydrates in the Arctic are reservoirs for abiotic organisms . Methane is several times more effective in trapping heat than carbon dioxide . These reservoirs are secure as the methane is trapped in the sediments . But elsewhere scientists have discovered methane reservoirs beneath the Arctic .
Vast water hydrates in the Arctic are reservoirs for abiotic methane . Methane is 20 times more effective in trapping heat than carbon dioxide . These reservoirs are secure as the methane is trapped in the sediments . But elsewhere scientists have found methane leaking beneath the Arctic .