Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up

Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by randycupertino on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:38PM (#25171683)

Is there an estimated timeframe on approximately when this will happen?

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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by irrational on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:56PM (#25171831)

Isn’t it already happening? Is that what is creating the huge methane explosions and craters in Siberia?

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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by samiru on Saturday November 21, 2020 @02:11PM (#25171950)

Yes. Check the Yamal Peninsula in Google Maps and you realize this kind of cratering is a process that has been going on for thousands of years (since the ice age really!).

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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by knowaveragejoe on Saturday November 21, 2020 @02:42PM (#25172229)

The scary part is that it's accelerating in on a timescale that's relevant to our needs as a species.

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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by omgwtfbyobbq on Saturday November 21, 2020 @03:08PM (#25172406)

I think the largest deposits would take thousands of years to be affected, but there are shallow deposits that could be released, especially those near glaciers, where the glacier melting allows the nearby seabed to rise.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate_gun_hypothesis

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