Stolaroff published this methane paper http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es204686w
I published this extension/response http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es303074j Andrew On 22 Mar 2017 17:04, "Greg Rau" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.sciencealert.com/7-000-huge-gas-bubbles-have- > formed-under-siberia-and-could-explode-at-any-moment? > utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_ > campaign=fe923a93e0-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium= > email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-fe923a93e0-365584569 > > > "Back in 2016, local environmental researchers Alexander Sokolov and > Dorothee Ehrich decided to pull back the dirt and grass that had been > blanketing these bulging bumps of earth, and found that the air escaping > from them contained up to 1,000 times more methane than the surrounding > air, and 25 times more carbon dioxide. > > And things can get even weirder at the bottom of the biggest sinkholes - a > 2014 investigation into a 30-metre-wide (98-foot) crater on the Yamal > Peninsula found that air near the bottom of the crater contained unusually > high concentrations of methane - up to 9.6 percent." > > "Researchers have hypothesised that these methane bubbles are linked to a > recent heatwave that had prompted the Siberian tundra's permafrost to thaw." > > "A 2013 study found that a global temperature rise of 1.5°C would be > enough to kickstart an unprecedented period of melting, but thanks to > abnormally hot summers linked to climate change, local researchers suspect > that this is already starting to occur, with daily temperatures in July > 2016 hitting a worrying 35°C (95°F)." > > GR - If you have an idea for methane CDR you might be in demand shortly. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
