Independent (UK): Atmospheric levels of methane, the greenhouse gas which is much more powerful than carbon dioxide, have risen significantly for the last three years running, scientists will disclose today -- leading to fears that a major global-warming "feedback" is beginning to kick in. For some time there has been concern that the vast amounts of methane, or "natural gas", locked up in the frozen tundra of the Arctic could be released as the permafrost is melted by global warming. This would give a ......
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Methane levels may see ‘runaway’ rise, scientists warn
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on February 22nd, 2010
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