Ka taƙaita labarin:  Methane, babban abin da ke cikin iskar gas, yawanci ana samar da shi ne ta hanyar narkar da kwayoyin halitta. Amma akwai wani irin iskar da ake kira methane, wadda ake samu ta wurin abubuwa da ke faruwa a cikin ƙasa. Yanzu masana kimiyya sun gano manyan ruwa mai zurfin ruwa a cikin Arctic wadanda suke tanadi don methane na abiotic - iskar gas wacce ta fi sau 20 tasiri wajen kama zafi fiye da carbon dioxide. Gas ɗin ya samo asali ne ta hanyar wani tsari da ake kira serpentinisation. Serpentinisation yana faruwa ne lokacin da ruwan teku ya yi hulɗa da duwatsu masu zafi na mantle da aka fitar da su tare da manyan kuskuren cikin teku. Rukunin ruwa yana da aminci, kuma masana kimiyya ba su gaskata cewa za su shafi canjin yanayi ba. Maimakon haka, sun ce wata rana za a iya amfani da irin wannan tsarin don adana methane, wanda daga baya za a iya amfani da shi azaman mai. Ba da daɗewa ba an gano wani tafki a kan Knipovich ridge mai saurin faɗaɗa, a cikin zurfin Fram Strait na Tekun Arctic. 'Wannan shimfidar shimfidawa ta nuna cewa yanayin Arctic ya dace da wannan nau'in samar da methane,' in ji Joel Johnson mataimakin farfesa a Jami'ar New Hampshire. Cibiyar Arctic Gas Hydrate, Climate and Environment (Cage) ta kimanta cewa za a iya adana har zuwa gigaton 15,000 na carbon a cikin nau'i na hydrates a cikin teku. Masana kimiyya sun gano manyan ruwa mai zurfi a cikin Arctic wadanda suke tanadi don methane na abiotic <unk> gas wanda ya fi sau 20 ya fi tasiri wajen kama zafi fiye da carbon dioxide. 'Amma wannan ƙididdigar ba ta lissafin methane na abiotic. Don haka akwai yiwuwar akwai abubuwa da yawa,' in ji darektan Cage Jürgen Mienert. Methane shi ne na biyu mafi girma a cikin iskar gas da ke ba da gudummawa ga canjin yanayi. Gas din ya ninka karfin carbon dioxide sau 23 wajen kama zafi kuma a halin yanzu gwamnati tana kokarin rage dumamar yanayi. Gurbatar methane ta ragu da kashi 11 cikin dari tun daga shekarar 1990 duk da cewa...
Ruwa mai yawa a cikin Arctic sune wuraren ajiya don methane na abiotic. Methane ya ninka sau 20 wajen kama zafi fiye da carbon dioxide. Wadannan tankuna suna da aminci yayin da methane ke cikin tarko a cikin tarkace. Amma a wani wuri kuma masana kimiyya sun gano methane yana zubowa a ƙarƙashin Arctic.