particularly disturbing because the Arctic is warming faster than nearly anywhere else on Earth. His comments follow research in May which found that freshwater sources may be an unrealised source of methane. Unlike carbon dioxide, which is highly soluble in water, methane exists in two forms in these freshwater sources: as a dissolved gas and encapsulated in bubbles that rise from sediments. And this methane can lead to ozone production and levels of the gas in the atmosphere are 150 per cent higher than they were before the industrial revolution in U.S. It is already known that in the melting regions of the Arctic where lakes, known as thermokarsts, which are lakes that break down plant material into methane. This methane can then escape out of the lake, and once lit, could set ice on fire. The melting ice can also lead to drunken trees as the firm soil slowly transforms into mud causing the plants that grow in them to lean to one side. - Arctic Methane Leak https://youtube/watch?v=Rb3EvsXWqP4
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:47:10 +0000