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I think a major concern is that a small rise in greenhouse gasses from human activity may result in a large release of greenhouse gasses stored in the earths cr
by TaylorAlexander 7y ago
I think a major concern is that a small rise in greenhouse gasses from human activity may result in a large release of greenhouse gasses stored in the earths crust. It is not expected that we would release all the gasses ourselves, but that our emissions would trigger a massive release.
- throwaway5752 7y agoI think the runaway greenhouse effect article accounts for the clathrate gun hypothesis. Not sure residency period of CH4 in the atmosphere would be consistent with the level of heat buildup to get the H20 vapor feedback loop going.