The Wikipedia page portrays the issue as one with potentially catastrophic consequences, but ultimately as one needing further research. Calthrate fields that p

The Wikipedia page portrays the issue as one with potentially catastrophic consequences, but ultimately as one needing further research. Calthrate fields that previously raised concern were found to be emmitting methane for reasons unrelated to anthropogenic global warming. Calthrates certainly deserve scientific attention, and not enough is being done to address global warming, but we don't know that a calthrate gun has ever fired in the Earth's past, and current theories for how one might be triggered in the near future have yet to be fleshed out in any detail.