Gas escaping from ocean floor may drive global warming

UC Santa Barbara via Eureka Alert ^ | 7-19-06 | Ira Leifer and Gail Gallessich

[Pharmboy]

Al Gore, call yer office.

[Pharmboy]

Ocean Fart ping list...

Fart in my general direction to get on or off this list...

But seriously folks, did any part of the MSM pick this interesting story up?

[Past Your Eyes]

"...a massive blowout of methane"

Oops. Scuse me. I was hoping nobody would notice.

[madison10]

La-dee-da Please send Al down there to plug the hole...with himself.

[tcostell]

I lack the sense of humor I guess, but I'm sure there is a Ted Kennedy joke in here somewhere.

[jigsaw]

Ocean Fart ping list... But seriously folks, did any part of the MSM pick this interesting story up?

Maybe this is how MSM members are created?

[Pharmboy]

I just did a google news search and this was picked up by NOBODY. Can you imagine if UCSB put out a press release that showed evidence for man-made global warming??

Well, I hope Rush sees this thread...

[ClaireSolt]

It would not be a very big leap from pollutant to natural resource in the case of methane.

[Straight Vermonter]

SCIENTISTS CAPTURE WHALE 'FART' ON FILM

(With picture)

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

This can go both ways. The release of massive amounts of methane from the ocean would result from a slight warming of the ocean. The effect would be a positive feedback loop releasing even more green house gasses into the atmosphere exponentially exacerbating the problem.

Thus, the rise in CO2 concentration may have now warmed the oceans enough to accelerate the release of this methane.

Despite the apparent gloating on this thread (with certainly more to come), this is actually quite a scary thing in its worst-case scenario implications.

[Pharmboy]

It would be more than ironic if whales were the cause of global warming (along with baby seals and spotted owls).

[relictele]

OOOOhhhh, shut that door!

[blam]

No suprise to me.

A few years ago there was an article in Science News Magazine about the amount of oil seeping naturally into the Gulf Of mexico, it was astronomical. The article stated how there was a natural cycle and that the bacteria, etc consumed the seepage.

[Straight Vermonter]

The release of massive amounts of methane from the ocean would result from a slight warming of the ocean.

Care to cite your source?

[Waco]

Oil present too? Polution by Nature? Were the pelicans down there oil coated? Oh the humanity.

[rhombus]

Despite the apparent gloating on this thread (with certainly more to come), this is actually quite a scary thing in its worst-case scenario implications.

Well I guess all things can be quite scary in worst case scenarios which is why they are worst case scenarios. I just can't hide under my bed every day because of worst case scenarios which perhaps explains some of the apparent gloating.

[Mad Dawg]

It has to be said:

Bush's Fault

[rhombus]

The release of massive amounts of methane from the ocean would result from a slight warming of the ocean. Care to cite your source?

I assume he's still searching for a source or this was just another hit and run.

[lysie]

Good morning ping.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Care to cite your source?

For you? Of course:

Here are a few:

http://www.resa.net/nasa/ocean_methane.htm http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/co2panel/HighCO2results/AbstractBook.pdf http://www.geo.vu.nl/~renh/methane-pulse.html http://www.hydrogen.co.uk/h2_now/journal/articles/3_Methane.htm http://healthandenergy.com/methane_hydrate.htm http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/v33_2_00/methane.htm

That should be a start