Monday, May 21, 2012

Evidence Continues to Mount for Ticking 'Methane Time Bomb' | Common Dreams

Evidence Continues to Mount for Ticking 'Methane Time Bomb' | Common Dreams
"New research that utilized both ground-based measurements and aerial surveys in specific sub-arctic regions in Alaska and Greenland has discovered approximately 150,000 'methane seeps' - a phenomenon where methane gas previously held in the frozen permafrost beneath tundras or under arctic sea ice, is steadily released when warming causes melting."