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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by blisterpeanuts on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:42PM (#25171723)
What kind of quantity of newly released methane are we talking about, compared to the methane produced by trees and other plants?[1]

1. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=515109...

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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by adrianN on Saturday November 21, 2020 @02:00PM (#25171860)
1% of the carbon stored in the permafrost is roughly as much a all of humanity is currently emitting per year. It's a lot. Permafrost thawing is an important tipping point in the climate system.
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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by sp332 on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:54PM (#25171825)
Yeah, it's a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_methane_emissions
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Re:Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up by clydethefrog on Saturday November 21, 2020 @03:08PM (#25172409)
See also

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

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