Permafrost meltdown lifting the lid on Methane

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	Permafrost meltdown lifting the lid on Methane

boozich

12-26-2008 1:51 PM

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12-26-2008 3:41 PM

doodleicious

yeppir-i know about this one.....sux doesn't it........?

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5d6647c7-7df9-4ce9-ab41-28af271ac7be/EEDC2E08-87B9-403F-A8AE-EBB903763A68/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html" href="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html" style="font-size: 11px;">muzich.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><P class="intro"><BR />The East Siberian Sea is bubbling with methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, being released from underwater reserves, according to a recent expedition. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><P><BR />This could be a sign that <A href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/">global warming</A> is thawing underwater permafrost, which is releasing methane that has been locked away for many thousands of years. <BR />								</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081219-methane-siberia.html?source=rss">could cause "really serious climate consequences</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081219-methane-siberia_2.html">Underneath the permafrost are stores of methane</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081219-methane-siberia_2.html">not been leaking, because the sub-sea permafrost served as a lid </BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><P><BR />But now global warming may be starting to release these stores of methane into the atmosphere.<BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><P><BR />"Springtime air temperatures on the East Siberian Arctic shelf [have] increased up to 5 degrees Celsius [9 degrees Fahrenheit]," Semiletov said. "It's a hot spot." <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><P><BR />In comparison, the world as a whole has warmed about 1.25 degrees Fahrenheit (0.7 degrees Celsius) since pre-industrial times. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2008/12/permafrost-meltdown-lifting-lid-on.html"><P><BR />If abrupt methane release became widespread, it could create a feedback loop that would lead to even more drastic global warming.<BR /></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EEDC2E08-87B9-403F-A8AE-EBB903763A68/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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