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Yes, the methane gun hypothesis. In modern times, there is an ever-growing risk of immense methane clathrates in the ESAS destabilizing and suddenly boiling off
by paypalcust83 7y ago
Yes, the methane gun hypothesis. In modern times, there is an ever-growing risk of immense methane clathrates in the ESAS destabilizing and suddenly boiling off more than they already are. Methane has a GWP of ~1000x CO2 immediately, but it tends to dissipate within ~60 years with a half-life of roughly 7 years.
I would watch some videos on YouTube by Paul Beckwith and Natalia Shakhova about this topic. They are regular COP panel speakers. Natalia has been ringing scientific alarm-bells about methane hydrates since at least 2010, but not enough of the human family has listened yet.
https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulHBeckwith https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulHBeckwith
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=natalia+shakhova https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=natalia+shakhov...
- soperj 7y agoSo the rate of change isn't really an issue at all then?