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Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf
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."
So this is how the world ends. Not with a bang but with a flatulent belch of ancient methane.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Alright, who farted a few hundred thousand years ago?
Ask me about repetitive DNA
Luckily the methane emissions won't cause further warming. Hurray!
"The right to do something does not mean doing it is right." William Safire
Let's look at this for a few decades and see if it's really happening.
We're advising all our customers to put everything they have into canned foods and shotguns.
The world you experience is only a close approximation of reality.
"I fart in your general direction!"
Love,
Siberian Shelf
Meh, you guys were funnier when you were being eaten by lions.
Pun certainly not intended, I'm sure.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
A large number of methane plumes have been discovered bubbling up from the sea floor over the Siberian continental shelf.
In other news, the Russian Navy announced a successful test of a submarine powered by a brand new propulsion system. The exact details are still classified, but sources claim there is a mysterious link between it and a new food and beverage contract awarded by the Navy to Taco Bell
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
but let's just hope it doesn't follow through.
Damnit. Kids these days.
In my day we were happy sniffing our own farts the old fashioned way- but no, that wasn't good enough. These days everyone is into their damn methane ice.
Who thinks this stuff up?
--Q
Actually, there are very few lightning events over the ocean compared to over terra firma, but they do occur, especially when you are trying to save important objects.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
In Soviet Russia... the outdoors farts on you.
-David
This is what it would be like, if the majority of people were athiests.
All I can say to the OP is:
BEST. SITCOM. PITCH. EVER.
Well, that certainly puts the Wall Street meltdown in some sort of perspective.
I feel so much better about my 401K.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
1. The economy is going down the drain...
2. The ecosystem is going down the drain...
3. Sarah Palin is nominated for VP...
Are we starting to see a pattern here?
You're referring, of course, to that noted climatologist, Rush Limbaugh?
-Mike
I'm sorry; I don't know what I was thinking!
So all the "Smoking can kill you" warnings should now be postfixed with "Instantly".
This time, it wasn't me!
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
It would not be difficult, Mein Fuhrer.