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Massive Methane Release In the Arctic Region
Taco Cowboy writes "Arctic methane release is a well recorded phenomenon. Methane stored in both permafrost (which is melting) and methane hydrates (methane trapped in marine reservoirs) are vulnerable to being released into the atmosphere as the planet warms. However, researchers who are trying to map atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations on a global basis have discovered that the amount of methane emissions in the Arctic region do not total up. Further research revealed that significant amounts of methane releases came from the Arctic ocean (abstract) — as much as 2 milligrams of the gas is released per square meter of ocean, each day — presumably by marine bacteria surviving in low-nutrient environments."
>>>will we notice immediately?
It will be just like that movie Day After Tomorrow, where blizzard hurricanes suck the cold air out of the stratosphere and freeze people in mere seconds.
kidding..... The methane will get eaten by bacteria and then it will no longer be an issue.
I don't know what to believe any more. First I hear the ice poles are shrinking, and now I hear the icecaps are actually expanding in range. Global Warming should be renamed Global WTF.
My AC stalker: " I personally agree with your posts most of the time, but that won't keep me from modding you troll"
"According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 â" and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mini-ice-age-starts-here.html
(Mod me down..I just replied to a liberal...)
Right. As if believers wouldn't. As if Al Gore didn't exist. As if warmists didn't have extreme position on climate change. As if the climate-gate emails never existed. As if nobody pretended that Himalaya glaciers would melt within 50 years when they are in fact expanding. As if ...
Come on, make a list of what "skeptics" made as famous mistake, and try to compare with the list above, then you tell me who's selecting "bits and pieces that serve their goal".