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Arctic storms speed up release of methane plumes

2013-11-24 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: A stormier Arctic could fast-track the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, potentially accelerating global warming. "Significant quantities of methane are escaping the East Siberian Shelf as a result of the degradation of submarine permafrost," says Natalia Shakhova of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. She and her team collected data -- at a great cost -- to show that vast areas are releasing plumes of methane gas, which is escaping into the atmosphere. In August 2010, 11 sailors aboard...

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