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Should we get energy from Cold Seeps?

Should we get energy from Cold Seeps?. By: Erik Ohman (Biologist), Myah Palechek (Geologist), Sage Wackett (Chemist), Emma Grapentine (Physicist). What are Cold Seeps?.

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Should we get energy from Cold Seeps?

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  1. Should we get energy from Cold Seeps? By: Erik Ohman (Biologist), MyahPalechek (Geologist), Sage Wackett (Chemist), Emma Grapentine (Physicist)

  2. 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.

  3. 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 methane

  4. 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 ecosystem

  5. 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 ocean

  6. 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 gas

  7. 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 seeps

  8. 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 effectand continue changing our climate

  9. Positives from a Chemist’s Stand Point • There are no positives

  10. 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 Gas

  11. Bibliography • astrobio.net. Cold Seep Communitites. 2013. 7 February 2013 <http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/2146/cold-seep-communities>. • celcius. Cold seeps: marine ecosystems based on hydrocarbons. 24 September 2010. 7 February 2013 <http://www.scienceinschool.org/2010/issue16/coldseeps>. • Ham, Becky. Ocean Seep Mollusks May Share Evolutionary History with Other Deep-Sea Creatures. 9 September 2006. 7 February 2013 <http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2006/0908mollusk.shtml>. • Levin, Lisa A. ECOLOGY OF COLD SEEP SEDIMENTS:. 2005. 7 February 2013 <http://levin.ucsd.edu/publications/Levin%20OMBAR%2005.pdf>. • noaa.gov. Cold Seeps in Monterey Bay. 7 February 2013 <http://montereybay.noaa.gov/sitechar/cold3.html>. • Oregon State University. Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells. 2005-2011. 7 February 2013 <http://sbi.oregonstate.edu/news/200901.htm>. • Sibuet, S. Kim Juniper & Myriam. Cold Seep Benthic Communities in Japan. 7 February 2013 <http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/40/m040p115.pdf>. • Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia. Cold seep. 25 January 2013. 7 February 2013 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_seep>.

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