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Isn't the methane in permafrost produced by microbes? It's basically wet lands that ended up being frozen, and as they thaw they go back to releasing the methan
by it_does_follow 5y ago
Isn't the methane in permafrost produced by microbes? It's basically wet lands that ended up being frozen, and as they thaw they go back to releasing the methane being processed by the breakdown of organic matter from microbes.
- misja111 5y agoNot necessarily, it also comes from natural gas: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/32/e2107632118#:~:text=Methane%20cannot%20only%20be%20produced,and%20released%20when%20it%20thaws https://www.pnas.org/content/118/32/e2107632118#:~:text=Meth....