Yamal Peninsula in Sibera has a massive problem: Gigantic sinkholes have opened in its permafrost, leaking huge amounts of the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere. If that weren’t enough, methane is also leaking from the offshore seabed, with flares extending over eighty feet high. Worryingly, an even larger amount of methane is currently contained underneath the permafrost—permafrost that is rapidly melting, and which is far more fragile than perviously thought. The permafrost is being thawed from both sides, thanks to global warming, and may not last much longer and when it melts it could accelerate climate change that much faster. Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Read the rest of Toxic methane is leaking from Siberia’s rapidly melting permafrost Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Climate Change , climate change permafrost , global warming , global warming permafrost , melting permafrost , methane emissions , permafrost melting , permafrost methane release , Russia Yamal Peninsula , siberia , Siberia methane , Siberia methane holes , Siberia permafrost , Siberia sinkholes , Yamal Permafrost
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Toxic methane is leaking from Siberia’s rapidly melting permafrost