Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 03/04/2010 11:37:26 AM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON, (AP) --
Methane, a potent global warming gas, is bubbling out of the frozen Arctic faster than had been expected.
Methane had become trapped in the permafrost over time and a warming climate is now resulting in its release, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
"The amount of methane currently coming out of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is comparable to the amount coming out of the entire world's oceans," said Natalia Shakhova, of the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center and the co-author.
Concerns about global warming have centered on rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but scientists note that methane can be 30 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Better start hiding your cows.
Heck, the cows will be able to graze in the arctic soon at this rate.. ;p-)
BS. Methane could play a KEY role in breaking our dependence on Sauid oil. This is why the Saudis fund enviro groups, Hussein and Gore (major shareholder in Occidental Petroleum).
“Hey, they didn’t believe us about CO2, let’s make up something else!”
Yay Science!
Must be President Bush’s fault. Look......just light a match and burn it off. Since this is coming out of San Franfreeco, I have this urge to ignore it.
Oh no! Now even methane is...dare I say it?
“Unexpected.”
I think History International Channel did a show on something similiar earlier in the week. A volcano in Sibera erupted; setting on fire the massive coal storage underneath the earth.....it increased the earth’s temperature by 20 degrees....the gasses spread and killed 95% of earth’s creatures. Hope history is not repeating itself.
NO CHILI FOR YOU!! :p
Oh, please.
Yet another enviro-scare. Carbon monoxide (CO), “ozone layer” depletion, carbon dioxide (CO2), and now methane, besides all the dozens I haven’t mentioned.
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Oh yeah,, If folks only knew half of what has happened to this planet time and time again..
“More beans Mr. Taggard?”
“I’d say you’ve had enough!”
Love Blazing Saddles!
“Methane seen as growing climate risk”
Stop farting.
How much of my tax money was blown on this research? Who gives a sht? The economy going down the tubes is much more of a concern.
The university bred eco-weenies will shrivel up and die when the gov’t money spigot is shut off. I’m the real eco-guy I have eight fruit trees on my property
The prppaganda machine still at work.
seems to me there are landfills that are producing power .. it’s not as glamorous as solar but hey..
The Climate Industry Wall of Money ( Global Warming Hoax has Money behind it)
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