What Happens in the Arctic Doesn't Stay in the Arctic
I thought that was a clever little title, but I take no credit for it. It’s a line from this article on climate change, and, in particular, the melting of the Arctic and the release of incredible quantities of previously sequestered methane. In it, the author asks the rhetorical question: if this has such a profound effect on global warming, which certain scientists believe could bring us increases of temperatures of the Earth’s atmosphere of 5 to 6 degrees centigrade in just the next couple of decades, why is there so much conversation on carbon dioxide, and so little on methane? (more…)
