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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. Hollow Men by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this is how the world ends. Not with a bang but with a flatulent belch of ancient methane.

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    1. Re:Hollow Men by AoT · · Score: 5, Funny

      One could, i suppose, call it silent but deadly.

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    2. Re:Hollow Men by jcwayne · · Score: 4, Funny

      This dinosaur's last gas(p).

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    3. Re:Hollow Men by gbobeck · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Pull My Finger!"
      --Earth

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  2. Methane's not a greenhouse gas, right? by Talisein · · Score: 3, Funny

    Luckily the methane emissions won't cause further warming. Hurray!

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  3. Well by Walkingshark · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're advising all our customers to put everything they have into canned foods and shotguns.

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    1. Re:Well by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 4, Funny

      My PC doesn't fit in canned food. It doesn't run as well, either.

  4. Ob. Monty Python by Wowlapalooza · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I fart in your general direction!"

    Love,

    Siberian Shelf

  5. Re:Siberia: crazy liberal myth or FACT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meh, you guys were funnier when you were being eaten by lions.

  6. Re:Speculation by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or are you just talking out your ass?

    Pun certainly not intended, I'm sure.

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  7. Plumes of methane by clarkkent09 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

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  8. Re:Could this explode? by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 3, Funny
    A blue scene of death.

    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.

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  9. Ob. Russia by DavidD_CA · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Russia... the outdoors farts on you.

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  10. Re:Own up by DeadDecoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I did! I just stuck it in the fridge so I could share with friends and family later. Enjoy!

  11. Re:Don't worry about global warming by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that certainly puts the Wall Street meltdown in some sort of perspective.

    I feel so much better about my 401K.

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  12. Re:yes and no by MLease · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're referring, of course, to that noted climatologist, Rush Limbaugh?

    -Mike

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  13. Smoking by ypctx · · Score: 4, Funny

    So all the "Smoking can kill you" warnings should now be postfixed with "Instantly".