Tragic Planet » Methane http://tragicplanet.org Reporting on what we are doing to our only planet... Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:52:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 t r u t h o u t | BP’s Methane Monster: From the Gulf to the Globe http://tragicplanet.org/2010/06/27/t-r-u-t-h-o-u-t-bps-methane-monster-from-the-gulf-to-the-globe/ http://tragicplanet.org/2010/06/27/t-r-u-t-h-o-u-t-bps-methane-monster-from-the-gulf-to-the-globe/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:31:56 +0000 sduford http://tragicplanet.org/?p=416

We hear a lot of talk about carbon dioxide as the most dangerous climate culprit. And we should. So far, loading the atmosphere with CO2 is the single biggest cause of climate disruption. But, in the final analysis, methane may prove to be the most deadly of all greenhouse gases.

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]]> http://tragicplanet.org/2010/06/27/t-r-u-t-h-o-u-t-bps-methane-monster-from-the-gulf-to-the-globe/feed/ 0 Arctic Seabed Methane Beginning to Release http://tragicplanet.org/2008/09/27/arctic-seabed-methane-beginning-to-release/ http://tragicplanet.org/2008/09/27/arctic-seabed-methane-beginning-to-release/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:48:00 +0000 sduford http://tragicplanet.org/?p=244 This article: New global warming threat as scientists discover massive methane ‘time bomb’ under the Arctic seabed discusses an actual observation of this very dangerous climate feedback mechanism. The title is misleading because this is no a “new” global warming threat, but something scientists have been predicting for years. Now it has actually been observed, and it is extremely worrisome as it could greatly accelerate global warming.

Global warming could rapidly accelerate as millions of tons of methane escape from beneath the Arctic seabed, scientists warned today.

Huge deposits of the greenhouse gas – 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – are rising to the surface as the Arctic region heats up, according to preliminary findings.

 
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