Posted on 10/21/2016 10:48:11 AM PDT by Lorianne
Scientists have found 500 seabed vents bubbling methane into the Pacific Ocean off the United States, roughly doubling the number of known U.S. seeps of the powerful greenhouse gas, a study showed on Wednesday.
Methane naturally escapes from the sea floor in many places around the world and can stoke global warming if it reaches the atmosphere. Worldwide, scientists are trying to see if rising ocean temperatures cause more leaks.
"It appears that the entire coast off Washington, Oregon and California is a giant methane seep," Robert Ballard, who is famed for finding the wreck of the Titanic and has now discovered the 500 new seeps, said in a statement.
Scientists have found 500 seabed vents bubbling methane into the Pacific Ocean off the United States, roughly doubling the number of known U.S. seeps of the powerful greenhouse gas, a study showed on Wednesday.
Methane naturally escapes from the sea floor in many places around the world and can stoke global warming if it reaches the atmosphere. Worldwide, scientists are trying to see if rising ocean temperatures cause more leaks.
"It appears that the entire coast off Washington, Oregon and California is a giant methane seep," Robert Ballard, who is famed for finding the wreck of the Titanic and has now discovered the 500 new seeps, said in a statement.
1,000 the number of such vents now known to exist along the continental margins of the USA," the statement said.
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in la we call it swamp gas
Neptune is going to owe a massive carbon tax:)
Nuke 'em from orbit ...
...it's the only way to be sure.
I think I just peed my pants a little. I needed a good laugh! I swear FR needs a “like” button like FB sometimes. Classic!
Al Gore is very disapointed, as the vents must be man made.
Yes, we have an ocean floor covered with methane hydrates in the Pacific and Atlantic that can satisfy our energy needs for centuries to come. Don’t bitch about it. You LNG engineers, start doing your homework, dammit.
Melania. Obviously a trojan horse for the Russkies right there. Oops, didn’t mean to give Hillary any more conspiracy theories.
Ban vents! Fine Mother Nature.
Who’s the cumulo-numbskull that came up with that one?
“roughly doubling the number of known U.S. seep”
Scientists off 100% but they do know what is best for us.
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
We can make a fortune selling carbon credits to the Neptunians.
Time to invest in extension cords.
The ecosystem of the third rock from the sun has all kinds of stuff going on, on it. We little mammals with big brains need to stop these things.
So, the science isn’t settled, right?
Another Bermuda Triangle explanation came out today, 170 mph wind bombs from hexagonal clouds.
Tax the Oceans!
Atlantis is not paying their fair share.
Let’s put little methane mines down there, when a tank fills up it just floats up to the surface. And every ship have methane tank fittings to power their engines! So you just get free methane whenever you find it! Yo!
OH NO!!! they must be stopped!
The number of methane and oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico is probably innumerable.
They are all over the world in the oceans almost everywhere. The west coast is one huge subduction zone and all the stuff that goes beneath the plate is decomposed. Gasses are a product of that decomposition.
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