tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6747730314622660237..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Methane Found Bubbling Up from Arctic SeabedThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-55649903272483997932009-08-19T15:12:11.063-07:002009-08-19T15:12:11.063-07:00The simple answer, AM, is nothing whatsoever. A r...The simple answer, AM, is nothing whatsoever. A result of atmospheric warming has been the loss of the Arctic ice cap. The white ice/snow would reflect most of the sunlight. The darker ocean absorbs the sunlight, warming the water even further. Warm water eventually warms seabed temperatures enough that frozen methane hydrates melt into gas that heads straight for the surface. A couple of decades back water temperatures were such that hydrates remained stable at depths below 360 feet. Now that has dropped to 400 feet, transforming all those additional hydrates into gas. How much deeper that threshold will fall and how quickly doesn't appear to be known but it's a vicious circle.<br /><br />If this is one of the dreaded "tipping points" then the whole global warming fight has probably slipped through our fingers. In that case the best we can do is analyze our situation, plan how we'll best respond and start developing and introducing our remediation and adaptation techniques.<br /><br />Because we can't say with certainty yet that this is a tipping point, we have to continue to seek an effective global agreement to curb carbon emissions while accepting there is a possibility we have or will soon reach a tipping point and doing the planning and preparation in tandem.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33757898056887404312009-08-19T11:44:15.558-07:002009-08-19T11:44:15.558-07:00What is our government doing about this? A. Morri...What is our government doing about this? A. MorrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72676529835445485032009-08-19T06:44:18.279-07:002009-08-19T06:44:18.279-07:00There's no question of that OEM. The Russians...There's no question of that OEM. The Russians have already begun deploying their fleet of ice breaker-oil tankers with a view to year round operations. It'll be "drill Comrade, drill" once they get busy up there.<br /><br />The Arctic ecosystem is so pristine that it's easily devastated by even small-scale environmental problems such as oil spills.<br /><br />The Scandinavians have imposed a development/exploration moratorium on their sector but it hardly matters when the Russians and North Americans race to exploit the Arctic resources.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43876830148624926612009-08-19T03:57:05.327-07:002009-08-19T03:57:05.327-07:00Yikes!
Apparently, companies are already preparing...Yikes!<br />Apparently, companies are already preparing for ice melts in the North and see the advantages of getting ships through.Oemissionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052778663890940687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81689227366372517512009-08-18T11:08:47.788-07:002009-08-18T11:08:47.788-07:00You're right. This report concerns methane pl...You're right. This report concerns methane plumes off Norway but there are plenty of them in Canadian waters too. <br /><br />I read another interesting report on how little climage change information gets through to the American public via both their mainstream and alternate media. They simply don't have a clue and what they do hear is likely to be heavily filtered or simply untrue.<br /><br />The simple fact is that climate science doesn't have the advertising funding and clout of the fossil fuel industry and its boosters. You're far more apt to hear a fairy tale about "clean coal" than you are a word about methane plumes.<br /><br />I hope when the real warming sets in that America breaks on a north-south line and winds up leaving those southern rednecks to their well-deserved fate.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-82700119517486373472009-08-18T10:53:34.319-07:002009-08-18T10:53:34.319-07:00What was recently Science Fiction is all too soon ...What was recently Science Fiction is all too soon a very real possibility:<br />* This methane-release threat <br />* Failure of the gulf stream <br />* Calving/loss of western Antarctic ice shieldNorthern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.com