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Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:16 pm
by Pigeon
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.
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This doesn't sound good.
Re: Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:48 pm
by Royal
Wouldn't the article indicate their finding of black gold rather than increased global warming?
Re: Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:29 pm
by Egg
Pigeon wrote: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.
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This doesn't sound good.
I thought global warming doesn't exist
Re: Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:53 pm
by lkwalker
This has been theorized by legitimate climate scientists for 20 years. Piggish consumption is about to destroy the world.
Re: Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:03 pm
by Pigeon
I thought global warming doesn't exist
over heard at the Rick Perry science camp, and promptly corrected. Can't be, there is no science.
Re: Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:08 pm
by Egg
HAHA!!! It's the devil's work.
Re: Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:26 pm
by Dr Exile
Pipe the stuff to Al Gore's monster house and burn it, that would cut the effects by a factor of 20.
Re: Methane plumes in Artic
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:24 pm
by Egg
Al Gore can blow me. I could care less about the political proponents and opponents.