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of globalisation has been built, begin to run-short. All aspects are
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Global Warming from Melting Permafrost?
Posted on September 23, 2008
It was reported this morning in the Independent newspaper that massive amounts of methane are bubbling up from the Arctic depths as sub-sea permafrost in sediments melts. The essential principle is methane hydrate, a compound of methane and ice which only exists under particular conditions of cold and pressure. As the Arctic warms the waters are no longer sufficiently cold to preserve the...
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