By Erik Ohman Biologist Myah Palechek Geologist Sage Wackett Chemist Emma Grapentine Physicist What are Cold Seeps Cold Seeps are ecosystems that survive off of methane that seeps through gaps in the crust of the Earth We would use these as a energy sou ID: 584010
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Should we get energy from Cold Seeps?
By: Erik
Ohman
(Biologist),
Myah
Palechek
(Geologist),
Sage
Wackett
(Chemist),
Emma
Grapentine
(Physicist)Slide2
What are Cold Seeps?
Cold Seeps are ecosystems that survive off of methane that “seeps” through gaps in the crust of the Earth. We would use these as a energy source by harnessing the methane from them. Slide3
Negatives from a Biologist Stand Point
Noise from machinery can put stress on clam
Machinery can take up living space for organisms
Taking the main food source from organisms that are specialized to absorb only methane and other chemicals
If there was a methane spill, that could effect organisms in other ecosystems that don’t use methaneSlide4
Positive from a Biologist stand point
Cheaper gas to save money on research trips, which would result in more research trips and learning more about the cold seep
ecosystemSlide5
Negatives from a Physicist’s Stand Point
If there was a “methane spill”, methane would be displaced from the waves and tides
That could effect other parts of the oceanSlide6
Positives from a Physicist's stand point
It’s wouldn’t affect currents, tides, or waves. The currents and tides would just flow around the pipe
that
is collecting the methane
.
It would be a new way of creating energy
Cheap form of gasSlide7
Positives/Negatives of Geologist Stand Point
It wouldn’t physically affect the cold seeps either way
If we drill into it, it won’t effect the geological make up of the cold seeps
If we don’t, nothing will happen to the seepsSlide8
Negatives from a Chemist’s Stand Point
When we drill into these cold seeps, chemicals are released into the atmosphere
Also, when we burn methane as a fuel, it will add to our greenhouse effect
and continue changing our climateSlide9
Positives from a Chemist’s Stand Point
There are no positivesSlide10
We shouldn’t tap into cold seeps as energy resources
Negatives
Send species into extinction
Ruin ecosystem
Add to greenhouse effect
Release dangerous
chemicals into the air
Positives
Creation of jobs
Cheap GasSlide11
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