Giant plumes of methane bubbling to surface of Arctic Ocean worry Scientists

[ via Yahoo News ]

Russian scientists have discovered hundreds of plumes of methane gas, some 1,000 meters in diameter, bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean. Scientists are concerned that as the Arctic Shelf recedes, the unprecedented levels of gas released could greatly accelerate global climate change.

Igor Semiletov of the Russian Academy of Sciences tells the UK's Independent that the plumes of methane, a gas 20 times as harmful as carbon dioxide, have shocked scientists who have been studying the region for decades.

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Posted in: Arctic Shelf, Climate, Global Warming, Methane Discharge