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For years, scientists couldn't solve the mystery of strange pits on the floor of the North Sea. Initially they blamed methane seeps, but it seems like the pits were actually made on porpoise.
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geomar.de/en/news/article/neue-studie-bestaetigt-umfangreiche-gasleckagen-in-der-nordsee
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For years, scientists couldn't solve the mystery of strange pits on the floor of the North Sea. Initially they blamed methane seeps, but it seems like the pits were actually made on porpoise.
Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
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Sources
eos.org/articles/mysterious-seafloor-pits-may-be-made-on-porpoise
nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01102-y
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2019.00157/full
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003jb002389
geomar.de/en/news/article/neue-studie-bestaetigt-umfangreiche-gasleckagen-in-der-nordsee
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269857986800326
oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceandepth.html
nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59431-3
mgf-nordsee.de/en/about-us/study-sites/sylt-outer-reef-eastern-german-bight
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867419312747
pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article/141/5_Supplement/3949/715691/Mapping-methane-gas-seeps-with-multibeam-and-split
Images
gettyimages.com
nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01102-y
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Methane_venting_offshore_Virginia.jpg
geomar.de/en/news/article/neue-studie-bestaetigt-umfangreiche-gasleckagen-in-der-nordsee
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Echo_Sounding_USN.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecomare_-_bruinvis_Michael_boven_water_2012_(bruinvis-boven-water-michael-01-sd).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecomare_-_bruinvis_Berend_(berend3).jpg
