[geo] Re: How Concerned Should We Be About Methane Plumes?

2011-12-15 Thread Nathan Currier
Hi - I agree. I had a piece back in early November at Huffington Post, Methane and the Fierce Urgency of Now, very much seeing the same urgency as John Nissen, but not geared towards geoengineering cheers, Nathan

[geo] Re: UK Independent: Russian team shocked at scale of methane plumes

2011-12-15 Thread Nathan Currier
It's interesting how the methane hotspots in the map accompanying the article seem mostly around river mouths could this be utilized in conceptualizing remedies? I remember a Shakova paper talking about the role of riverine flow in terms of breaking up winter icebut there must be other

[geo] Re: UK Independent: Russian team shocked at scale of methane plumes

2011-12-15 Thread Nathan Currier
Just checking in Shakhova, she mentions that what she calls flaw polynyas - the areas of open water in winter - have quintupled in the last two decades, and now cover an area = to all thermokarst lakes in summer. It's strongly driven by riverine flow, so, while the map for the article is very