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Arctic ‘Methane Chimneys’ Alarmism – A Note of Caution
Scientists claim to have discovered evidence for large releases of methane into the atmosphere from frozen seabed stores off the northern coast of Siberia.
But climate experts have expressed caution at the claims, which have yet to be published in a peer reviewed scientific journal. Methane release from stores of so-called gas hydrates, that can form on land or under the sea, is not new to researchers. Huge quantities are known to exist in the Arctic, but special circumstances would need to exist for significant releases to occur.
The Guardian: ‘Arctic ‘methane chimneys’ raise fears of runaway climate change’
April 16th, 2009 at 7:44 am
I hate this methane story, is it true, or isn’t it! How can the Guardian print a story that is not verified…
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
This is the same methane that heated the earth up in the Turonian period, 90 million years ago during a super-greenhouse climate.
Human CO2 is going to heat up the Arctic and Siberia enough to release that methane, and on top of the current CO2 already there, we’ll probably be facing so many changes that human civilization won’t survive.
Yes I am an alarmist.