Sources of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere: Hydrocarbon Emission from Gas Hydrates in Focus

The concentration of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere has significantly increased over last 60 years. One factors growth its homologue emissions is intense thawing gas hydrates, mainly from Arctic shelf, which remains one less studied sources atmospheric hydrocarbon emissions. Oxidation light-saturated hydrocarbons by ozone upper part leads to formation CO2. analysis several datasets presented this paper allows us find correlation between CH4 CO2 concentrations atmosphere. This finding suggests that homologues released hydrates shelf zone become a significant source Because amount located hydrate deposits on huge, further evolution process can serious challenge.