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'Widespread methane leakage coming hundreds of vents off East Coast
2014-08-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Methane bubbles flow in small streams out of the sediment on an area of sea floor of Virginia north of Washington Canyon. Quill worms, anemones and patches of microbial mat can be seen in and along the periphery of the seepage area. (NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2013) Of all the global warming gasses, methane is one of the very worst. Pound for pound, the Environmental Protection Agency says its effect on global warming is 20 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. And though its lifetime...
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Hundreds methane vents causing 'widespread leakage' discovered along US-Atlantic margin
2014-08-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Scientists have discovered nearly 600 methane vents off the eastern seaboard of the United States, along the continental margin, which is the region of the ocean floor lying between the coast and the deeper Atlantic Ocean, according to a paper published Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. It is the first time we have seen this level of seepage outside the Arctic that is not associated with features like oil or gas reservoirs or active tectonic margins, Adam Skarke, a geologist at Mississippi...
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Over 500 Methane Vents Found on Atlantic Ocean Floor Off US East Coast
2014-08-25 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The Atlantic Ocean floor off the U.S. East Coast has over 500 methane vents, a new study has found. The study, conducted by researchers at the Mississippi State University, shows that large amount of methane leaking from the seafloor might be contributing to global warming. "It is the first time we have seen this level of seepage outside the Arctic that is not associated with features like oil or gas reservoirs or active tectonic margins," said Prof Adam Skarke from Mississippi State University,...
Bluesphere To Convert Methane Gas Emissions From Landfills Into Clean Energy
2014-08-25 08:05:57| pollutiononline Home Page
Bluesphere Corp.(OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Bluesphere"), a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, today announced it is pursuing a strategy to work in partnership with landfill owners to convert harmful methane gas emissions from landfills into electricity
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Hundreds of Methane Plumes Spotted on Sea Floor
2014-08-25 07:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: Plumes of bubbles streaming from hundreds of newly discovered sea-floor seeps between North Carolina and Massachusetts are likely to contain methane and could be adding as much as 90 tonnes of the planet-warming gas to the atmosphere or overlying waters each year, research published Sunday in Nature Geoscience suggests. An estimated two-thirds of the emissions emanate from sediments at depths where methane-rich ices may be decomposing due to warming waters along the ocean bottom, the researchers...
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