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Siberia's Methane Release Larger Than Previously Thought 135

An anonymous reader writes "New research suggests that the amount of methane being released from Siberian permafrost is much larger than previously thought. From the article: 'Thawing permafrost gets a lot of attention as a positive feedback that could amplify global warming by releasing carbon dioxide and methane, both of which are greenhouse gases. Because of this, a lot of effort goes into studying Arctic permafrost. An international group of researchers led by Natalia Shakhova at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been plying the remote waters of the Siberian Shelf for about a decade to find out how much methane was coming up from the thawing permafrost. They didn't expect to find it bubbling.'"
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Siberia's Methane Release Larger Than Previously Thought

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  • Onion style satire? (Score:4, Informative)

    by nitehawk214 ( 222219 ) on Monday December 02, 2013 @02:23AM (#45572499)

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