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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."
We're sooo totally fucked now!
I'll take this as you having no constructive arguments then. Thanks for making that clear :)
Myself I like facts to support my arguments, and I'm also a strong believer in falsifiability in science. The "CO2 causes warming" argument has failed horribly for quite a few years now, and it's thus likely that it's a bad hypothesis.
Svensmark's hypothesis, on the other hand, looks increasingly more valid. Nice to see some tests being planned on that one soon.
it's in my head
And your statement is only true if we stop breeding to the edge of our capacity.
When our population is at the limit- any minor problem can cause the entire thing to collapse.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
Yes - exactly. The temps have been flat and now going down for a while and it seems we're in for some very cold years ahead. If the sun stays quiet like this we're in for a new period of river-freezing winters in northern europe.
The sun was very active a few years ago when we indeed saw some slight warming (which caused this whole global warming - sorry - climate change panic.
it's in my head