UPSC Prelims 2019 · GS Paper 1 · Q64

Environment

Medium · Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases and Methane Hydrates

Consider the following statements regarding methane hydrate deposits:

1. Global warming can destabilise these deposits and trigger the release of trapped methane gas.

2. Large deposits of methane hydrate occur in Arctic permafrost and beneath parts of the seafloor.

3. Once released into the atmosphere, methane oxidises into carbon dioxide over a relatively short period, roughly a decade.

Which of the statements given above are correct?