Hydrate formation significantly decreases the uplifting rate of methane bubble from the seafloor to the upper water column

Affiliations

• ¹ School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China; Research Centre of Ecology & Environment for Coastal Area and Deep Sea, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboraroty (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China.
• ² School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China; Research Centre of Ecology & Environment for Coastal Area and Deep Sea, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboraroty (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China. Electronic address: zhsimd@scsio.ac.cn.
• ³ Key Laboratory of Gas Hydrate, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China. Electronic address: wangyi@ms.giec.ac.cn.