Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

Ancient methane escaping from melting glaciers could potentially warm the planet even more

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Ancient methane escaping from melting glaciers could potentially warm the planet even more

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Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

Spiking temperatures in the Arctic are rapidly melting glaciers. Scientists are now worried about underground methane, a potent greenhouse gas, leaking up to the surface.

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Stephen Baxter wrote about this quite a while ago. It’s a thing!

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