No ‘Burp’ Accelerating Climate Change?
The above article is interesting in that it tends to settle two discussions at the same time. But first a synopsis of the synopsis (it’s contained in the first paragraph of the article): “An expansion of wetlands and not a large-scale melting of frozen methane deposits is the likely cause of a spike in … [methane content in the atmosphere] … that took place some 11,600 years ago, according to an international research team led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.”
What does that mean for us? Again, the article answered the question: “The finding is expected to come as a relief to scientists and climate watchers concerned that huge accelerations of global warming might have been touched off by methane [hydrate] melts in the past and could happen again now as the planet warms.”
Whew, dodged one environmental bullet!
My other concern is also answered there – it must have been about 11,000 or 12,000 years ago that man discovered fire – that means that the original “burp” could have been caused by mankind lighting the first campfires and cooking baked beans for the first time – but that possibility is also eliminated by the article.
Thank goodness, the Boy Scouts’ campouts are saved!
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