Arctic methane release

[Moonglow]

Arctic News

Like a huge fart!

 

[whitehall]

It's really getting hard to confront the low information left's apparent insistence that the last 11,000 years of earth's geological history was a pleasant trip and the last 100 years of American decadence is the cause of unpleasant weather in Canada but that's what they learn in the 3rd grade and that's who they blame.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right...

... purt soon dey's gonna be so much methane inna air...

... the earth gonna go up like one big ball o' fire...

... like it says inna Bible in 2 Peter 3.7 & 10.

 

[Abraham3]

It's really getting hard to confront the low information left's apparent insistence that the last 11,000 years of earth's geological history was a pleasant trip and the last 100 years of American decadence is the cause of unpleasant weather in Canada but that's what they learn in the 3rd grade and that's who they blame.

And you believe that to be a "high-information" viewpoint?

 

[Abraham3]

Yep.. The score as we near the end of 1st quarter on the Russian Arctic shelf is ----

Siberian Methane Calthrates ------ 7.9tg/yr
Whirled Termites ------------ 12tg/yr

Supersaturated Siberian Seas | Methanenet

Covered in ice for 265 days of the year, and bordered by the frozen wastes of the Siberian tundra, it is hardly surprising that the shallow seas of East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) have not before now been subject to extensive monitoring for methane emissions. However, due to the efforts of an international collaboration between researchers based in Alaska, Vladivostock and Stockholm, a comprehensive survey of methane concentrations in these waters has now been conducted. The results, reported in Science (Shakhova et al. 2010) make compelling reading and raise new questions about future Arctic methane fluxes.

Based on all the observations, the team calculated annual atmospheric methane flux from the ESAS at 7.98 Tg C-CH4. To put this in context, previous research has estimated the global methane flux from oceans as 4 – 15 Tg C-CH4 y-1 (IPCC, 2007).




The influence of termites on atmospheric trace gases: CH4, CO2, CHCl3, N2O, CO,

The influence of termites on atmospheric trace gases: CH4, CO2, CHCl3, N2O, CO, H2, and light hydrocarbons

Khalil, M. A. K.; Rasmussen, R. A.; French, J. R. J.; Holt, J. A.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 95, Issue D4, p. 3619-3634

Based on field studies of mounds of Australian termites we estimate that on a global scale termites emit about 12×1012 g/yr of methane (>20 tg/yr) and about 4×1015 g CO2/yr (>8 pg/yr). Most of the detailed results are based on studies of the species Coptotermes lacteus. We found that in mid-latitudes the emissions vary seasonally.

Shakova is the leading researcher in this area.. He has said repeatedly that SEISMIC activity not warming is the greatest threat to release this storage field..

Drill Baby Drill ----- before it's too late..

If anything, the termite emissions have shrunk. Clathrate releases have increased. And clathrate releases have the potential for catastrophic releases; something unlikely to happen with the termites or any other biological source.

 

[flacaltenn]

Yep.. The score as we near the end of 1st quarter on the Russian Arctic shelf is ----

Siberian Methane Calthrates ------ 7.9tg/yr
Whirled Termites ------------ 12tg/yr

Supersaturated Siberian Seas | Methanenet

Covered in ice for 265 days of the year, and bordered by the frozen wastes of the Siberian tundra, it is hardly surprising that the shallow seas of East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) have not before now been subject to extensive monitoring for methane emissions. However, due to the efforts of an international collaboration between researchers based in Alaska, Vladivostock and Stockholm, a comprehensive survey of methane concentrations in these waters has now been conducted. The results, reported in Science (Shakhova et al. 2010) make compelling reading and raise new questions about future Arctic methane fluxes.

Based on all the observations, the team calculated annual atmospheric methane flux from the ESAS at 7.98 Tg C-CH4. To put this in context, previous research has estimated the global methane flux from oceans as 4 – 15 Tg C-CH4 y-1 (IPCC, 2007).




The influence of termites on atmospheric trace gases: CH4, CO2, CHCl3, N2O, CO,

The influence of termites on atmospheric trace gases: CH4, CO2, CHCl3, N2O, CO, H2, and light hydrocarbons

Khalil, M. A. K.; Rasmussen, R. A.; French, J. R. J.; Holt, J. A.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 95, Issue D4, p. 3619-3634

Based on field studies of mounds of Australian termites we estimate that on a global scale termites emit about 12×1012 g/yr of methane (>20 tg/yr) and about 4×1015 g CO2/yr (>8 pg/yr). Most of the detailed results are based on studies of the species Coptotermes lacteus. We found that in mid-latitudes the emissions vary seasonally.

Shakova is the leading researcher in this area.. He has said repeatedly that SEISMIC activity not warming is the greatest threat to release this storage field..

Drill Baby Drill ----- before it's too late..

If anything, the termite emissions have shrunk. Clathrate releases have increased. And clathrate releases have the potential for catastrophic releases; something unlikely to happen with the termites or any other biological source.

We're only in the 1st quarter in this game. And they're neck and neck.. Close game so far.. Who ya routing for? That's just ONE organism on the planet..

Drill and store it BEFORE the big quake. Russia would sitting on a 100 year fuel reserve if they made that happen..

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So the Antarctic is increasing that means its eating more methane, amiright?

 

[RollingThunder]

So the Antarctic is increasing that means its eating more methane, amiright?

No, CrazyFruitcake, you're not "right", you're retarded. As always.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So the Antarctic is increasing that means its eating more methane, amiright?

No, CrazyFruitcake, you're not "right", you're retarded. As always.

Once the methane is freed from its icy grave it never ever never ever returns?

 

[RollingThunder]

So the Antarctic is increasing that means its eating more methane, amiright?

No, CrazyFruitcake, you're not "right", you're retarded. As always.

Once the methane is freed from its icy grave it never ever never ever returns?

Are you blathering on about methane or your brain?

Sadly, no, your brain is dead and will "never ever never ever" return.

And, of course, neither will the gaseous methane in subsea clathrate deposits ever return to that state after being released into the atmosphere.

Too bad you're too retarded to understand anything about this, CrazyFruitcake. Too bad you can never free your brain from its icy grave.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

No, CrazyFruitcake, you're not "right", you're retarded. As always.

Once the methane is freed from its icy grave it never ever never ever returns?

Are you blathering on about methane or your brain?

Sadly, no, your brain is dead and will "never ever never ever" return.

And, of course, neither will the gaseous methane in subsea clathrate deposits ever return to that state after being released into the atmosphere.

Too bad you're too retarded to understand anything about this, CrazyFruitcake. Too bad you can never free your brain from its icy grave.

Methane... near deep sea fault lines? Global WARMING ...has to be!! What else could account for the methane