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How Melting Arctic Glaciers Is Creating a Climate ‘Doom Loop’
- Melting Arctic glaciers are causing a climate 'doom loop' by releasing ancient methane from rocks beneath the ice according to new research.
- Scientists state that increased glacier melting leads to more methane emissions, a powerful greenhouse gas, being released into the atmosphere.
- Researchers sampled rivers near glaciers in Svalbard and found unexpectedly high methane levels, some up to 425 times normal atmospheric levels.
- Meltwater from glacier surfaces reaches the rocks below through crevasses, flushing ancient methane into rivers and contributing to methane release.
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In Spitsbergen, melting glaciers release ancient methane from the rock, a study shows. This poses the risk of a climate feedback loop.
·Berlin, Germany
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Meanwhile, the accelerating melting of the Arctic is not only a cause for concern due to rising sea levels and retreating ice sheets...
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In Spitsbergen, melting glaciers release ancient methane from the rock, a study shows. This poses the risk of a climate feedback loop.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right6Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution52% Center
Bias Distribution
- 52% of the sources are Center
52% Center
L 19%
C 52%
R 29%
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