World-News

Arctic permafrost “leaking methane at record levels”

The Guardian [UK]

01/14/10

Experts say methane emissions from the Arctic have risen by almost one-third in just five years, and that sharply rising temperatures are to blame. The discovery follows a string of reports from the region in recent years that previously frozen boggy soils are melting and releasing methane in greater quantities. Such Arctic soils currently lock away billions of tonnes of methane, a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, leading some scientists to describe melting permafrost as a ticking time bomb that could overwhelm efforts to tackle climate change...

http://tinyurl.com/yjoqb6v



Scientists: Methane frozen beneath Arctic sea bed destabilizing

Times Online [UK]

03/05/10

Huge quantities of methane below the Arctic seabed are showing signs of destabilising, according to research conducted in the East Siberian Sea. Scientists aboard Russian icebreakers have discovered that methane is leaking from the sub-sea permafrost far faster than had been previously estimated, raising concerns that climatic tipping points may have been reached. As a greenhouse gas, methane is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide but emissions from subsea permafrost are not included in climate change prediction models...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7050312.ece


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Sceptical about Climate Change Sceptics
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/scepticAboutClimateChangeSceptics.php

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Putting a stop to the Arctic Meltdown

Should the oil companies be allowed to take advantage of melting ice to drill for more oil in the warming Arctic? Should industrial fishing fleets be allowed to chase the last remnants of fished-out stocks into the areas where ice has previously stopped their ships? We say no: as should anyone who believes you don't put out a fire with gasoline.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741688077ms193

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Fresh Evidence Global Warming Is Man-Made
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/05-5

Murphy’s Law and the Stupidity of Obama’s Drill-Drill-Drill Offshore Oil Policy
http://act.commondreams.org/go/402?akid=44.124981.Ed59L2&t=32

Kill the Drill: Environmentalists Outraged Over Obama's Offshore Plan
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/04/01-1

NOAA Concerns Brushed Aside in Obama Offshore Drilling Plan
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/04/01-6

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Drill, Barack, drill

Obama to open up US East Coast for oil exploration.
http://snipurl.com/v7a18


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arctic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arctic+permafrost
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=methan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=melting+ice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drilling
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=greenhouse+gas
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=NOAA
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+von+Radowitz
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Public+Employees+for+Environmental+Responsibility
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