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'Fountains' of methane 1,000m across erupt from Arctic ice
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Posted on 12/15/2011 4:29:02 AM PST by wolfcreek
The Russian research vessel Academician Lavrentiev conducted a survey of 10,000 square miles of sea off the coast of eastern Siberia. They made a terrifying discovery - huge plumes of methane bubbles rising to the surface from the seabed. 'We found more than 100 fountains, some more than a kilometre across,' said Dr Igor Semiletov, 'These are methane fields on a scale not seen before. The emissions went directly into the atmosphere.'
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: methane; methanefountains
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No Smoking!
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:29:06 AM PST
by
wolfcreek
To: SunkenCiv; blam; decimon
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:30:33 AM PST
by
wolfcreek
(Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
To: wolfcreek
Needless to say, Barry will blame these on George W Bush.
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:31:20 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: wolfcreek
The Earth had beans last week?
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:33:05 AM PST
by
Wilum
(Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
To: wolfcreek
And for how many years/decades/centuries/millenia has this gone on?
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:34:16 AM PST
by
Clara Lou
To: wolfcreek
Terrifying because of the dangers to ships sailing above them? Why should anyone find the fountains terrifying?
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:34:33 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Santelli 2012)
To: wolfcreek
Are there that many cows in Siberia? The Russians should pass a law requiring all Siberians to become VEGANS.
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:34:41 AM PST
by
SC_Pete
To: Wilum
..or...."The Earth Has Gas" besides a fever....
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:35:15 AM PST
by
PigRigger
(Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
To: PigRigger
OMG! Are we all going to die or what???!!!!!!
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:37:01 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: wolfcreek
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:40:20 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: wolfcreek
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:40:42 AM PST
by
Paradox
(The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
To: wolfcreek
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:44:56 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("Centralization destroys the blight of monopoly")
To: mewzilla
"Terrifying because of the dangers to ships sailing above them?"
I remember reading an article that said a ship sailing over such an area could suddenly lose bouyancy and sink - they did experiments in a wave tank with models.
Methinks those vast underground resevoirs of methane are what keeps producing petroleum, (oil is not "fossile-fuel").
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:45:31 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Clara Lou
And for how many years/decades/centuries/millenia has this gone on? Since 2001, of course.... Bush's fault:
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:47:45 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: wolfcreek
Is this more dangerous to global warming than cow farts? The scientists should belly up here and do statistical comparisons then draw erroneous conclusions as usual. This is only a half finished study.
To: Clara Lou; Salamander
"And for how many years/decades/centuries/millenia has this gone on?"
Don't be silly.
Sal and I caused it by using our asthma inhalers last week.
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:48:21 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: wolfcreek
Is methane gas worthless or does it have some use?
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:51:54 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
To: wolfcreek
Mother Earth says "pull my finger".
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:52:05 AM PST
by
Tribune7
(Say No To O)
To: Psalm 73
Oil is a fossil fuel.
Oil typically contains biomarkers - porphyrins, isoprenoids, pristane, phytane, cholestane, terpines, and clorins - which are related to biochemicals such as chlorophyll and hemoglobin.
The chemical fingerprint of oil assumed to have been formed from, for example, algae is different from that of oil formed from plankton. Thus geochemists can (and routinely do) use biomarkers to trace oil samples to specific source rocks.
Oil and methane are two different things. FReepers do tend to confuse them: I don't know why. I remember reading a post from a FReeper who assumed that because the moon Titan has a sea of methane therefore it also has oil, and therefore oil must be abiotic in origin. Not true!
Hope this was helpful.
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:57:44 AM PST
by
agere_contra
("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
To: SMARTY
Is methane gas worthless or does it have some use? Natural gas used to heat homes and fuel power plants is methane.
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posted on
12/15/2011 4:58:32 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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