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Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf

Posted by kdawson on from the carbon-dioxide-times-twenty dept.

rrohbeck writes "The Independent reports brand-new results of high concentrations of methane — 100x normal — above the sea surface over the Siberian continental shelf. A large number of methane plumes have been discovered bubbling up from the sea floor. This is probably due to methane clathrate, buried under the sea floor before the last ice age, breaking up as higher water temperatures melt the permafrost that had contained it."

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  1. Re:Mods by Troed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nice summary, unfortunately you come of as a raving lunatic claiming that epicycles IS the only explanation mankind need and that it's BLASPHEMOUS to claim that there is some other kind of explanation!

    I still like facts, and thus I'll happily wait for the CLOUD experiment at CERN with regards to Svensmark's hypothesis.

    http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/3124

    http://cloud.web.cern.ch/cloud/

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    it's in my head