The methane apocalypse

• Autores: Anil Ananthaswamy
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3022, 2015, págs. 38-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The "methane time bomb" is the popular shorthand for the idea that the thawing of the Arctic could at any moment trigger the sudden release of massive amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane, rapidly accelerating the warming of the planet. Some refer to it in more dramatic terms: the Arctic methane catastrophe. Even the methane apocalypse. Here, Ananthaswamy determines whether the melting Arctic is poised to release catastrophic quantities of methane