MARINEGEOLOGY & GLACIOLOGY
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Permagas
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For further information on the Permagas project contact:
Naja Mikkelsen
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nm@geus.dk
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The objective of the PERMAGAS project is to address central questions related to the impact of ongoing global climate change on permafrost and gashydrates in and around West Greenland in an attempt to link the offshore and onshore occurrences of frozen gas and ongoing methane production on land.
Current climate models thus predict an annual temperature increase in the Arctic between 4o and 6o C by the end of the 21st century with widespread impacts the Arctic environment. Thawing will have significant impact on the widespread permafrozen high-latitude peat lands and on the decomposition of marine gashydrates - both of which will significantly increase the rate of carbon dioxide and methane release to the atmosphere and thus influence global climate. Methane is of main interest due to its strong global warming potential and because methane is stored in large quantities as gashydrates in off shore areas. A multicisciplinary project was established to address the overall question and the project is divided into three sub projects of which two are related to terrestrial field studies and one is devoted to marine investigations.
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Edited by:
Jacob Geltzer, GEUS -
jgel@geus.dk
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