Permafrost may release largest Mercury source on Earth

2018, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Global, Greenhouse Gases, Health, Hydrosphere, Impacts, Methane (CH4), Oceanography, PermafrostLeave a comment

There are 32 million gallons worth of mercury, or the equivalent of 50 Olympic swimming pools, trapped in the permafrost. For context, that’s “twice as much mercury as the rest of all soils, the atmosphere, and oceans combined. And it could be released. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/02/05/the-arctic-is-full-of-toxic-mercury-and-climate-change-is-going-to-release-it   Ambarchik: Research on permafrost at the Siberian arctic coast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhGcJnRgzy4…

Natural Gas (Methane) likely make Climate much worse

2017, Energy, Greenhouse Gases, Methane (CH4), Natural GasLeave a comment

The evidence is overwhelming that natural gas has no net climate benefit on timescales that matters to humans. A new study found that just the methane emissions leaking from New Mexico’s gas and oil industry are equivalent to the climate impact of approximately 12 coal-fired power plants. https://thinkprogress.org/natural-gas-no-climate-benefit-b9118a087875 Natural Gas has Major Role in Climate…

Miriam Jones: Permafrost thaw dynamics & implication

2017, Anthropocene, Arctic, Arctic Circle, CO2 Emissions, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geosphere, Greenhouse Gases, Holocene, Methane (CH4), Paleoclimatology, Pedology, Permafrost, Soil, SwampsLeave a comment

Miriam Jones speaks at the Permafrost Collaboration Team Meeting, October 10, 2017. https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/events/7798 Video via IARPC Collaborations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOyLef1t4IU Related Bølling-Allerød warming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8lling-Aller%C3%B8d_warming

China Extracts Ocean Methane Hydrates

2017, Asia, China, Greenhouse Gases, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Natural GasLeave a comment

China claims breakthrough in mining ‘flammable ice’ (2017) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39971667 Methane hydrate: Dirty fuel or energy saviour? (2014) http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27021610 China extracts 235,000 cubic meters of combustible ice from #SouthChinaSea, beating previous expectations for the mining operation https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/877834019701891074 Methane clathrates (hydrates) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate Music by Stephen Lu http://chibola.com

Large Underwater Methane seeping Structures can collapse

2017, Arctic, Climate Change, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Geosphere, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrosphere, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Oceanography, Pedology, PermafrostLeave a comment

For the first time, underwater pingos have been found, outside of the permafrost regions. Domes of frozen methane may be warning signs for new blow-outs https://cage.uit.no/news/domes-of-frozen-methane-may-be-warning-signs-for-new-blow-outs/ Related Waking the Giant: Climate Force and Geological Hazards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xndhx7KpSU0 Gas Blowouts on the Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas http://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2015/12/gas-blowouts-on-the-yamal-and-gydan-peninsulas View of the methane seeps in the Arctic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oTFjWBiP4E Leaking…

Like Champagne opened, methane explosions resulted in Ocean craters

2017, Abrupt Climate Change, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, Communication, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Greenhouse Gases, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Paleoclimatology, PleistoceneLeave a comment

Like ‘champagne bottles being opened’: Scientists document an ancient Arctic methane explosion What could possibly go wrong, ignoring climate change, the warnings or clues from what science tells us, even if we were just creating a better world with clean energy, and millions of new jobs? One thing which could go very wrong, are based…

Methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (2017)

2017, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Greenhouse Gases, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Pedology, Permafrost, SoilLeave a comment

The East Siberian Arctic Shelf has received more attention in recent years in regards to a potential contribution of the greenhouse gas methane, for the global methane budget, from several different sources. However, more studies are required to better constrain this potential accelerator of ongoing climate change. CREDITS The East Siberian Arctic Shelf has received…

Climate Change in the Arctic and Model Projections

2017, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Climate Feedbacks, Greenhouse Gases, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Model, Permafrost, SoilLeave a comment

This video with scope on permafrost melting, highlights some of the new developments of our understandings, of what happens in the Arctic due to global warming. The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC), at the University of Alaska Fairbanks May 11, 2017. Professor of Geophysics Vladimir Romanovsky discusses the impact of Arctic permafrost thaw. Related http://permafrostwatch.org…