1.0 link 155106 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-ellen-harte-and-john-harte/methane-bomb-threat-small_b_155106.html A recent article1 noted that the United States Geological Service (USGS) had recently concluded that climate change was accelerating faster than first predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. What seemed to be the unlikely silver lining of this latest cloud was the USGS conclusion in its report "Abrupt Climate Change" (2) that the threat of an explosive release of methane to the atmosphere was small. This particular possible consequence of global warming had morphed into a gnarly nightmare...

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