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Siberian permafrost increasingly leaking methane as it melts

by on 22. Nov, 2010 in Uncategorized

Gas locked inside Siberia’s frozen soil and under its lakes has been seeping out since the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. But, in the past few decades, as the Earth has warmed, the icy ground has begun thawing more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane — a greenhouse gas 23 times [...]