Methane bursts from frozen tundra - Ice build-up may squeeze greenhouse gas from cold soil.

Nature News ^ | 2008-12-05 | Anna Barnett

[OB1kNOb]

Give algore time and he’ll figure out a way to tax this methane release too.

[fortunate sun]

In other words, the Earth farts.

[RegulatorCountry]

Ice causes farts? Tax it.

[OB1kNOb]

"It seems to me that we don't exactly know the relative contribution of the squeezing mechanism they describe, compared with changes in the oxygen concentration, and the continued activity of the microorganisms that are still active in the non-frozen parts of the soil profile...."

Earthfarts? Who knew?

[jsh3180]

Before they said, Gorebal warming would cause the tundra to mwlt and release methane. Now cold is gonna do it as well.

It’s plain to see.

We’re doomed.

[SFC Chromey]

The New American has had stories on this going back to the middle of last year!

[calenel]

Let’s see: an unanticipated methane surge, a colder than expected year. Yep, global warming.

[Doomonyou]

Palins Fault!

[Red Badger]

And yet the SUV is considered as a prime source of global warming...............idiocy.....supreme idiocy...........

[Cobra64]

Where is the article? There’s just a sign up form to post comments. I don’t want to post comments.

[Frantzie]

Actually this is in Alaska, it can be tapped and could warm at least 50 million homes for the next 10 years at least. Palin pipeline could carry it to the lower 48.

[sheik yerbouty]

More on this at http://www.mrmethane.com

[muawiyah]

Ah, so, it is even worse than we imagined ~ methane keeps on squeezing out of the ice and overwhelms the Earth choking all life.

We are doomed I tell you, doomed.

[tumblindice]

“Speak, Great Toothless One.” Mother Gaia

[fortunate sun]

I’m surprised Zappa never wrote a song about Mother Nature Passing Gas

She’s an au natural gal
Flowers in her hair
Flowing robes scented of roses
tricking our human noses
but when the methane train gets junky
she can really get skunky
Oh, Mother Nature
was that the chili we gave ya
etc, etc

[RightWhale]

At least this phenomenon is unrelated to GW. If anything this squeezing is stronger this winter, even if the amount of gas evolved is trivial.

[Oldpuppymax]

Quick...sue the microbes. Get the EPA on their butts (if they have butts) That’ll learn ‘em.

[headstamp 2]

“In other words, the Earth farts.”

Great name for a new 401c3 PAC. “Earth Farters”

[SIDENET]

The emissions, thought to be squeezed out by the growth of surface frost

The Earth squeezed one out when it thought that nobody was paying attention.