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Russian Scientist Discovers Giant Arctic Methane Plumes
thomst writes "Russian scientist Igor Semiletov of the International Arctic Research Centre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks revealed in an interview with The Independent that his team discovered 'powerful and impressive seeping structures (of Methane gas) more than 1,000 metres in diameter' during their survey of the Arctic Ocean earlier this year. 'I was most impressed by the sheer scale and the high density of the plumes. Over a relatively small area we found more than 100, but over a wider area there should be thousands of them,' Semiletov told The Independent's Steve Connor. This finding is important because methane is estimated to be 20 times as potent as carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, and it could indicate that global warming is about to accelerate dramatically."
Thankfully since Climategate 2.0 we now know RealClimate to be a PR effort without any grounding in how proper science is done. Content there has about as much authority as content on "joe blow's personal blog about the world, universe and my trucks"
And those selfish make-my-job-seem-important-so-I-can-continue-to-soak-up-a-paycheck environmentalists were going to conspire with the equally selfish make-my-job-seem-important-so-I-can-continue-to-soak-up-a-paycheck vegetarians to blame cow flattus and eventually lead to outlawing beef. Even the make-my-job-seem-important-so-I-won't-be-forced-to-take-thorazine animal rights clowns hadn't a clue or they would've immediately contacted their make-my-job-seem-important lawyers and started a conventional war that we would all be paying more taxes for.