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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 gbobeck · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Pull My Finger!"
      --Earth

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

    "I fart in your general direction!"

    Love,

    Siberian Shelf

  3. 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.

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

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

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  6. 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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