What the hell is clueless about the observations of the methane and carbon dioxide emmission in the Arctic? Are you claiming that they are not happening? Just what is it that you are claiming here, Walleyes?
As for the geo-engineering, there has been a good deal of research on that in the past decade or so. Problem is unexpected consequences that always seem to follow such projects.
Methane releases from Arctic shelf may be much larger and faster than anticipated
ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2010) — A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas, according to the findings of an international research team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov.
The research results, published in the March 5 edition of the journal Science, show that the permafrost under the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, long thought to be an impermeable barrier sealing in methane, is perforated and is leaking large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. Release of even a fraction of the methane stored in the shelf could trigger abrupt climate warming.
"The amount of methane currently coming out of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is comparable to the amount coming out of the entire world's oceans," said Shakhova, a researcher at UAF's International Arctic Research Center. "Subsea permafrost is losing its ability to be an impermeable cap."
