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buu
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Post Number: 1538
Registered: 4-2006
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 4:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

"Russian research team astonished after finding 'fountains' of methane bubbling to surface."
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allan
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Post Number: 69
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 3:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Thank you for this post buu. I have been sitting here trying to think of something else to type but can not. I am stunned..............
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setscrew
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Post Number: 105
Registered: 8-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 12:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

This is the outcome that Whitley said would happen if we did not take climate change seriously.
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Chr15t05
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Post Number: 1428
Registered: 8-2004
Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 4:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Leaders of Arctic Methane Project Clarify Climate Concerns
"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."
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tomkowt
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Post Number: 558
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 6:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

I agree with the article that further observation is needed in order for a more accurate modeling process. But we must not waste time.

And, what about cow farts?
Forget not that I shall come back to you.... A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.
--KAHLIL GIBRAN
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allan
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Post Number: 81
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 5:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

I was surprised to see this on NOAA yesterday..

http://researchmatters.noaa.gov/news/Pages/Methanefromthesea.aspx
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allan
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Username: allan

Post Number: 82
Registered: 7-2009
Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 5:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Please give the above link a minute. For some reason it takes about that long to come up even on the NOAA site. It was on their home page for only one day. Then was taken down today and took me 15 minutes to find it.............
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allen
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Post Number: 2967
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 5:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

From the article

The amount of methane moving from the Arctic Ocean water into the air is very small relative to the amount of methane that people pump into the atmosphere through activities such as natural gas development, livestock operations, and landfills, said James Elkins, Ph.D., a researcher with NOAA’s ESRL. But it is a surprisingly large amount compared with what scientists previously estimated for marine methane sources.

“And there is the potential for feedbacks,” Elkins said. “We know that Arctic sea ice is disappearing, and with warmer water, more sunlight, more breakup of the ice… we could see enhancement of the biological activity that creates methane.”
The intuitive mind is a gift and the rational mind a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift

Albert Einstein

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