Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Methane Gas Leak in Arctic Throws Scientists a Climate Change Curveball

U.S. News and World Report: Humans might not be to blame for the latest piece of news that has caused new concerns about global warming. A newly-discovered, naturally occuring methane leak over the Arctic Ocean could play a role in future climate change, according to a NASA scientist. Scientists have long known that there are naturally-occurring pockets of methane gas along many of the oceans' surfaces, but openings in Arctic sea ice fields have allowed the gas to leak into the atmosphere, which lead researcher Eric Kort...

URL: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/04/25/methane-gas-leak-in-arctic-throws-scientists-a-climate-change-curveball
Enclosure: http://www.usnews.com/pubdbimages/image/29470/FE_PR_101102science425x283.arcticlake

No comments:

Post a Comment