First active leak of sea-bed methane discovered in Antarctica

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Researchers say potent climate-heating gas almost certainly escaping into atmosphere

Pink starfish and white microbial batches on the sea floor
 An image of the sea floor at the Cinder Cones dive site in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound. The white patches indicate the presence of microbes feeding on methane as it seeps to the surface. Photograph: Andrew Thurber/Oregon State University

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