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Nice smileys dude!Runaway wars, runaway economy, runaway climate change, runaway life. Time to sign up for a Doomsday cult! (insert sarcasm here for the humour impaired.)
The Independent has been passed details of preliminary findings suggesting that massive deposits of sub-sea methane are bubbling to the surface as the Arctic region becomes warmer and its ice retreats.
Underground stores of methane are important because scientists believe their sudden release has in the past been responsible for rapid increases in global temperatures, dramatic changes to the climate, and even the mass extinction of species.- “Exclusive: The methane time bomb”, Steve Connor, Science Editor, The Independent, 23 Sep 2008.