Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Arctic Methane "Burp": A Climate Catastrophe with $60 Trillion Pricetag | Common Dreams

Arctic Methane "Burp": A Climate Catastrophe with $60 Trillion Pricetag | Common Dreams
"Warning that a dramatic "burp" or "pulse" of methane from beneath the fragile permafrost of the Arctic caused by continued global warming would set off a "climate catastrophe," a new study says that the continued melting is also an economic "time bomb" that could cost the global economy $60 trillion."