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Apr 2nd, 2017: Thermokarst Lakes
In the great white north of Siberia, Russian scientists noticed in satellite images a couple of hundred new lakes have developed.
They are easy to spot because unlike the other lakes these are a pretty turquoise blue… and bubbling. These six pictures are of one of those lakes between 2013 and 2016, photographed by the Landsat-8(US) and Sentinel-2(EU) satellites. Yes your tax dollars and European tax dollars are helping the commies. Wait till Trump hears about this. Oh wait, Russia's our friend.:smack: http://cellar.org/2017/gaz_2.jpg Quote:
♫ There was a Russian with a bubble, --and Pingo was his name-o.♪ ♫ P-I-N-G-O --P-I-N-G-O --P-I-N-G-O♪ ♫ And Pingo may go Blammo.♪ link |
Here's one that went Blammo:
https://wryheat.files.wordpress.com/...ngo-crater.jpg And here's a huge one in northern Canada that hadn't exploded yet: http://tinyurl.com/nxhposq And one that blew out a chunk of a road: http://tinyurl.com/ltl4p56 Silly-ish name, scary phenomenon. Some of these things get several stories high before they blow. The scariest part is that the EPA is currently repealing all kinds of "behave responsibly" regulations for the oil industry, and one of the places that's had a bullseye on it in oil-company eyes for decades is Alaska, where you bet these things are forming up as well. Only a matter of time before a rig hits one or one pops up unexpectedly under a pipeline. Which, if the info I remember isn't hopelessly outdated, would probably be in or running through Denali National Park. |
The current pipeline is nowhere near Denali Park, but that doesn't protect either one from this shit.
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Is this a tipping point?
I understand that methane is a much more powerful climate change agent than carbon dioxide is. If the world is warming up enough to start releasing this trapped methane, is there enough of it to get into a run away feedback loop kind of thing where the climate changes dramatically as the methane is released? |
Methane is 30 time worse than CO2. We see the methane that comes up through the water but not what comes straight out of the ground. An estimated 205 Billion tonnes(226 Billion tons) from just the permafrost, not to mention the warming ocean has a shitload of Methane clathrate it may give up.
I'd guess the tipping point is nigh. |
So when Texas becomes an unlivable desert, which one of you Northerners wants to take us in?
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Foots live up next to the Great White North.
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As far as I'm concerned, anywhere that drops below freezing for more than a day at a time is the Great White North.
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Clanfobble is welcome here.
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If it comes to pass, no place in the US should drop below 32 degrees for more than a night, except for Alaska, and they're always looking for a purty mouth. ;)
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Apr 4th, 2017: Empire State Quarry
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I think someone has stolen our Bruce and replaced him with exact (well, almost:lol2:) replica!:eek:
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Um I think Methane is 82 times worse than CO2. (Not 30X)
Quick we need to tap into these things and burn the methane in our stoves and heaters!! Then we only spew CO2. |
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Yeah, I was pretty drunk. I realized it was in the wrong place and had intended to correct it then come back here and clean it up, but when I woke up this morning and everything was on, even my printer, I had a bad feeling about this. Oh well, that's why we have mods, to clean up after us. :blush:
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