In 2014 based on their research on the northern United States Atlantic marine continental margins from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank, a group of scientists from the US Geological Survey, the Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University and Earth Resources Technology, claimed there was widespread leakage of methane.
En 2014, baseándose na súa investigación nas marxes mariñas atlánticas do norte de Estados Unidos desde cabo Hatteras a Georges Bank, un grupo de científicos do US Geological Survey, da Universidade do Estado de Mississippi e da Universidade de Brown e Earth Resources Technology, afirmaron que se estaba a producir un amplo escape de metano.