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Re:Permafrost ‘bubbles’ are leaking methane 200 times above ... by dagurp on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:12AM (#12443078)
Iceland could become colder and even less habitable with increased global warming.
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Re:Permafrost ‘bubbles’ are leaking methane 200 times above ... by nwah1 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:32AM (#12443696)
Iceland is fairly nice. Maybe you are thinking of Greenland. Greenland is very cold.
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Re:Permafrost ‘bubbles’ are leaking methane 200 times above ... by dagurp on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:05AM (#12443985)
No no, I'm Icelandic. It's nice right now but that's thanks to the gulf stream. Global warming is slowing it down and it could end up diverting it, making temperatures plummet to Greenland levels.
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Re:Permafrost ‘bubbles’ are leaking methane 200 times above ... by snovv_crash on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:46AM (#12443809)
I believe they are referring to the Gulf Stream current stopping, which would indeed make much of north-west Europe colder.
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