Sunday, March 22, 2026

PBS Permafrost Methane doc discoveries faults to ancient geological 1.2 trillion tons of methane!

 https://www.pbs.org/video/arctic-sinkholes-9jwenj/

there's also 1200 gigatons (1.2 trillion tons) of pressurized methane in the world's largest ocean shelf, East Siberian Arctic Shelf, and arctic permafrost 
and the taliks have melted down to 50 gigatons of subsurface methane that should soon have an "abrupt eruption" doubling atmospheric temperatures soon.
As the above fascinating and scary doc reveals - the computer global warming models IGNORED this methane! oops. Goto http://arctic-news.blogspot.com for more details.
 
Here is Natalia Shakhova Ph.D. researcher who used to be at U of Alaska-Fairbanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx1Jxk6kjbQ This next vid mentions Peter Wadham's book "Farewell to Ice" that I got into the Marine library - it might still be on the shelf!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osmzTSYRJJE I haven't actually read that book yet though. hahaha. 
"Increased methane fluxes could occur as numerous weak seeps or as strong bubble plumes over large areas. Due to the shallow depth of the ESAS, it is possible that the majority of methane released avoids oxidation and escapes to the atmosphere."
That link lists her most recent research.
"Brief, transient spikes of CH4 concentration from localized gas seep sources do not represent the dominant sea-to-atmosphere flux in the studied ESAS region." 
Those scientists try to refute her research team claims but I don't think they are accurate.
"We demonstrate that, under suitable circumstances, some of the 96.5% of methane bound in deeper water distal hydrates can reach the seafloor and vent into the ocean beyond the landward limit of marine hydrate. This reservoir should therefore be considered for estimating climate change-induced methane release during a warming world."
That study does not even cite Shakhova but corroborates her claim....
 
AI is claiming the above is hyperbole - thereby proving that AI is delusional. 

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