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[–] asg101@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yet another facet of the methane-hydrate feedback loop. Already happening with methane being released through permafrost melting.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's scary stuff, at this point we have no idea what sorts of horrors we've unleashed.

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Permian-Triassic boundary gives us a pretty good idea.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 11 months ago
[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Methane is going to really fuck with our near-term climate change projections. Our estimates for methane emissions are even worse than they are for CO2.