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Massive Methane LEAK in Arctic sea - the End is Nigh
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[quote:Esoteric Morgan:MV8xNzI3OTc0XzI4NjA1MTIzXzk0RTVFQ0Iw] After all of these years thinking it would come from Antarctica, I was shocked recently to hear about all of the 'random' releases...seemingly 'all at once.' Starting about this time last year, I began monitoring the daily RSOE posts which reported the increasing instances of odd animal die-offs. Yet, even after seeing a program regarding an event at a village in Africa that highlighted this very problem, I never put two and two together. ================ If I am not mistaken, I have heard that what is happening in our lower lattitudes has to do with dying/dead portions [i]of a body of water[/i], correct? Yet, in the colder regions, there are both old/trapped areas, along with new, is that right? Does any particular time of year exacerbate this problem, or, can it be expected to continue straight-through the year? Would I have to worry much about living where I do, close to the end of a channel used for shipping, which empties into NY Harbor? Meaning, this water is pretty much constantly flowing? (I am about 1000' inland, 100' elevation, more or less.) Furthermore, should compromised areas upstream become heavily flooded, say after a drought, could that lead to volitile run-off passing through, releasing toxic gases my way, especially if there is heavy cloud cover? Lot's of questions, but, there seems to be a number of knowledgeable posters on this thread. Thanks. [/quote]
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"The scale and volume of the methane release has astonished the head of the Russian research team who has been surveying the seabed of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf off northern Russia for nearly 20 years."
"This is the first time that we've found continuous, powerful and impressive seeping structures, more than 1,000 metres in diameter. It's amazing," Dr Semiletov said.
"Some plumes were a kilometre or more wide and the emissions went directly into the atmosphere – the concentration was a hundred times higher than normal."
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