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New Study Shows No Methane Emergency In The Arctic Despite Warming
« on: June 24, 2016, 12:57:15 pm »
New Study Shows No Methane Emergency In The Arctic Despite Warming
Craig Boudreau
1:29 PM 06/23/2016
 

Arctic methane levels have remained stable despite overall warming trends, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) concluded in a study Wednesday.

While there has been an increase in Arctic warming and methane levels have occasionally gone up, the AGU study explains that there is no long-term trend of rising methane levels.

“There has been a huge increase in Arctic warming, and while we do see spikes in methane due to short-term temperature changes, we’re not seeing a long-term change in methane levels,” Colm Sweeney said in a press release accompanying the study.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/23/new-study-shows-no-methane-emergency-in-the-arctic-despite-warming/#ixzz4CV8IKmZj

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Re: New Study Shows No Methane Emergency In The Arctic Despite Warming
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2016, 05:37:59 am »
Very good. Once we see levels increase significantly, it will be a harbinger of permafrost collapse, and the feedback mechanisms coming into play.
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