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Methane Acceleration Sets Record

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:28:06 +0000

That current level of 1,900 ppb of atmoshperic methane is triple the pre-industrial level of 700 ppb. Furthermore, it is suddenly mysteriously accelerating over just the past 13 years. In turn, this exceptional acceleration could hasten global warming considerably. Of even more concern, the acceleration appears to be regenerating on its own accord sans human influence.

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Menacing Methane – An Analysis

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 02:02:47 +0000

The Arctic's most prolific scientist, Peter Waldhams, tells us that "the story of methane really is a story of a very serious definitive threat to our future existence on this planet."

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A Troubling Discovery in the Arctic

Robert Hunziker — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:50:00 +0000

A notable satellite-telephonic call to colleagues in late October from Swedish scientist Örjan Gustafsson of Stockholm University briefly described a haunting discovery: “This East Siberian slope methane hydrate system has been perturbed and the process will be ongoing.”

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Large-Scale Permafrost Thawing

Robert Hunziker — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:57:08 +0000

Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Northern Hemisphere is permafrost. By all appearances, it is melting well beyond natural background rates, in fact, substantially!

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Methane Emissions Have Jumped a Staggering Nine Percent Since Last Decade

The CNCL Team — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 22:34:12 +0000

Emissions of methane – a planet-warming gas several times more potent than carbon dioxide – have risen by nine percent in a decade driven by humanity's insatiable hunger for energy and food, a major international study concluded Wednesday.

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Why ‘Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks’ Could Drive Temperatures Even Higher

The CNCL Team — Sun, 10 May 2020 19:55:29 +0000

New research indicates that parts of the Amazon and other tropical forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb. Some scientists are concerned this development, which is not yet incorporated into climate models, could put the temperature goals set by the Paris Agreement out of reach.

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Arctic Permafrost Thaw Plays Greater Role in Climate Change Than Previously Estimated

The CNCL Team — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:05:03 +0000

Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic, and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north, a new CU Boulder-led study finds.

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How Melting Permafrost Is Beginning to Transform the Arctic

The CNCL Team — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:57:22 +0000

The frozen layer of soil that has underlain the Arctic tundra for millennia is now starting to thaw. This melting, which could release vast amounts of greenhouse gases, is already changing the Arctic landscape by causing landslides, draining lakes, and altering vegetation.

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The Rumbling ESAS Methane Enigma

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 05:20:50 +0000

The East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby taking civilization down to its knees.

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Methane SOS

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:53:51 +0000

Global warming is on speed, especially in northern latitudes where an international team of scientists recently made a startling discovery aboard the Academic Mstislav Keldysh (see photo above), the kind of discovery that sends chills down the spine, i.e., “methane bubbles boiling in water.”

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We Can’t Keep Eating As We Are – Why Isn’t the IPCC Shouting This From the Rooftops?

The CNCL Team — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:45:32 +0000

In its crucial land and climate report, the IPCC irresponsibly understates the true carbon cost of our meat and dairy habits

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Arctic Permafrost Is Thawing Fast. That Affects Us All.

The CNCL Team — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:24:45 +0000

Across nine million square miles at the top of the planet, climate change is writing a new chapter. Arctic permafrost isn’t thawing gradually, as scientists once predicted. Geologically speaking, it’s thawing almost overnight.

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