This is not good news. (h/t +Simon Skiles)
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Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats
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Vast methane 'plumes' seen in Arctic ocean as sea ice retreats
Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an exten…
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Sad and surprising only for the unconvincable 🙁
Best thing that could be done, paradoxically, is to light them on fire.
Uh-oh.
That is correct +George Wiman.
I knew we were getting close to the point of no return, but this may mean it's truly too late. For reference in scale: the release of methane under very similar circumstances is what caused (to the best of current understanding) a large part of the P-T boundary.
I am very, very concerned.