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'Widespread methane leakage' from ocean floor off US coast
BBC News ^ | 8/24/14 | Matt McGrath

Posted on 08/24/2014 6:59:06 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Researchers say they have found more than 500 bubbling methane vents on the seafloor off the US east coast.

The unexpected discovery indicates there are large volumes of the gas contained in a type of sludgy ice called methane hydrate.

There are concerns that these new seeps could be making a hitherto unnoticed contribution to global warming.

The scientists say there could be about 30,000 of these hidden methane vents worldwide.

Previous surveys along the Atlantic seaboard have shown only three seep areas beyond the edge of the US continental shelf.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: climatechange; energy; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; leakage; methane; methanehydrates; naturalgas; oceanfloor; widespread
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To: NormsRevenge

The Earth is farting. Sue her to stop it now!


61 posted on 08/26/2014 11:22:10 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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To: thackney

The point I am making is that your correction of my statements is incorrect, and you are too ..... to know it.


62 posted on 08/26/2014 5:26:15 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve

Are you claiming methane vents, and the production of methane hydrates does NOT occur far from subduction zones?


63 posted on 08/27/2014 4:52:37 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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64 posted on 10/14/2015 4:22:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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'Widespread methane leakage' from ocean floor off US coast

Methane bad! Arrest the ocean! < /EPA Mode >

65 posted on 10/14/2015 4:31:05 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!Just read)
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To: NormsRevenge

Blow up the entire earth, it’s the only way we can stop this insanity.


66 posted on 10/14/2015 5:04:30 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: NormsRevenge

It can’t just contribute to the global climate, oh no!
It has to contribute to Globull warming!
Of course...
Morons, fooling morons!


67 posted on 10/14/2015 5:19:13 PM PDT by vpintheak (A Free Man! Death before disarmament!)
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To: NormsRevenge

You’ll enjoy this Norm... State workers call it astro-turfing...

“Cuomo paid state workers to fill seats at climate change event...”

http://nypost.com/2015/10/14/cuomo-paid-state-workers-to-fill-seats-at-climate-speech/


68 posted on 10/14/2015 5:49:29 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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Cuomo and Gore fill up audience with State Workers - on the taxpayer’s dime:

http://nypost.com/2015/10/14/cuomo-paid-state-workers-to-fill-seats-at-climate-speech/


69 posted on 10/14/2015 5:50:31 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: NormsRevenge

An octopus lingers near a bed of giant mussels discovered at a new methane seep in the Caribbean Sea.

70 posted on 10/14/2015 5:55:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: NormsRevenge

I didn’t read the article. I wonder how many of these “new” “leaks” are new in the sense that they have just recently opened up. Or “new” in that this year they expanded their survey area with better equipment.

And even the term “leakage” implies a bad thing. But of coarse a natural seep doesn’t fit the man-made global warming.


71 posted on 10/14/2015 6:00:55 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Hmm. Interesting theory. the earth has a lot of feed-back loops. Of course the hydrates releasing in a catastrophic is one of the theories behind the huge Permian(?) extinction millions of years ago.

Yep - hopefully Japan will make great progress on drilling them to release the pressure s-l-o-w-l-y!


72 posted on 10/14/2015 6:06:13 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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73 posted on 10/15/2015 12:50:15 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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