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Considerable volumes of methane that were found escaping from the permafrost in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf can thrust the world nearer to experiencing rapid climate change.
A study which was published this week in the ‘Science’ journal noted that approximately 7-8 million tonnes of methane are discharged from the Shelf annually. Methane is a powerful [...]
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Scientists have reported finding substantial amounts of methane gas bubbling into the surface from a frozen seabed north of Russia. The discovery has raised fears that much larger leaks could occur in the region and contribute to global warming.
However, scientists were uncertain whether the Arctic emissions of this potent greenhouse gas were a recent phenomenon [...]
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