‘Widespread Methane Leakage’ Coming From Hundreds Of Vents Off East Coast Ocean Floor
Of all the global warming gasses, methane is one of the very worst. Pound for pound, the Environmental Protection Agency says its effect on global warming is 20 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. And though its lifetime in the atmosphere is substantially shorter than carbon dioxide, it’s “more efficient at trapping radiation.”
Now scientists have determined that 570 vents, called seeps, are leaking methane gas in the most unlikely of all places: the ocean floor just off the East Coast. The findings, published on Sunday in Nature Geoscience, suggest they’re emitting as much as 90 tons of greenhouse gasses every year and appear to debunk earlier belief that there were only three East Coast seeps beyond the continental shelf.
And if there are more of these seeps — a lot more — it could represent a previously unknown source of damaging carbon emissions.
Not from cows and humans as some environmentalist types would have you believe.
The fact they don't want you to know is, the earth pollute's itself and man's intervention actually SLOWS the effect. We burn the earths resources more efficiently than mother earth!
If you read the full article it was determined that the majority of the methane is absorbed by the ocean waters where it is broken down into other compounds and that very little if any is released into the atmosphere. I read this article over a week ago, these methane vents are not contributing to global warming as the headline and short article would have you believe. taken out of context anything can sound awful!
Do the green weenies realize there would be no life on this planet if not for carbon dioxide?
ReplyDeleteMaybe its al gore he is full of GAS...
ReplyDeleteNot from cows and humans as some environmentalist types would have you believe.
ReplyDeleteThe fact they don't want you to know is, the earth pollute's itself and man's intervention actually SLOWS the effect.
We burn the earths resources more efficiently than mother earth!
Or it could be looked upon as a previously unknown source of green energy, but then, again, we can't destroy the economy if we look at it that way...
ReplyDeleteCapture the bubbles - free fuel - except for the cost of capture!
ReplyDeleteIf you read the full article it was determined that the majority of the methane is absorbed by the ocean waters where it is broken down into other compounds and that very little if any is released into the atmosphere. I read this article over a week ago, these methane vents are not contributing to global warming as the headline and short article would have you believe. taken out of context anything can sound awful!
ReplyDeleteMajor methane leak at Salisbury mayors office.
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