supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0601303);the Chinese State Oceanic Administration (SOA) (Grant No. GASI-03-01-02-05);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41676122, 91328209 & 91428308);the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Grant Nos. CNOOC-KJ125FZDXM00TJ0012014 & CNOOC-KJ125FZDXM00ZJ001-2014)
The global warming potential of methane(CH_4) is about 30 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide(CO2) over a century timescale. Methane emission is hypothesized to have contributed to global climate change events ...