Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf

rrohbeck writes "The Independent reports brand-new results of high concentrations of methane — 100x normal — above the sea surface over the Siberian continental shelf. A large number of methane plumes have been discovered bubbling up from the sea floor. This is probably due to methane clathrate, buried under the sea floor before the last ice age, breaking up as higher water temperatures melt the permafrost that had contained it."

Hollow Men

[ozmanjusri]

So this is how the world ends. Not with a bang but with a flatulent belch of ancient methane.

Own up

[gringer]

Alright, who farted a few hundred thousand years ago?

Methane's not a greenhouse gas, right?

[Talisein]

Luckily the methane emissions won't cause further warming. Hurray!

Re:Own up

[Anonymous Coward]

He who smelled it, dealt it. (I'm looking at you, gringer!)

Needs more study

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's look at this for a few decades and see if it's really happening.

Well

[Walkingshark]

We're advising all our customers to put everything they have into canned foods and shotguns.

Ob. Monty Python

[Wowlapalooza]

"I fart in your general direction!"

Love,

Siberian Shelf

Re:Siberia: crazy liberal myth or FACT?

[Anonymous Coward]

Meh, you guys were funnier when you were being eaten by lions.

Re:Speculation

[ColdWetDog]

Or are you just talking out your ass?

Pun certainly not intended, I'm sure.

Plumes of methane

[clarkkent09]

A large number of methane plumes have been discovered bubbling up from the sea floor over the Siberian continental shelf.

In other news, the Russian Navy announced a successful test of a submarine powered by a brand new propulsion system. The exact details are still classified, but sources claim there is a mysterious link between it and a new food and beverage contract awarded by the Navy to Taco Bell

Re:Hollow Men

[AoT]

One could, i suppose, call it silent but deadly.

I can live with the methane

[Aussie]

but let's just hope it doesn't follow through.

Kids & Ice

[quarrel]

Damnit. Kids these days.

In my day we were happy sniffing our own farts the old fashioned way- but no, that wasn't good enough. These days everyone is into their damn methane ice.

Who thinks this stuff up?

--Q

Re:Could this explode?

[SpaceLifeForm]

A blue scene of death.

Actually, there are very few lightning events over the ocean compared to over terra firma, but they do occur, especially when you are trying to save important objects.

Re:Hollow Men

[MrCreosote]

Who let the dogs out!!??

Re:Well

[Tubal-Cain]

My PC doesn't fit in canned food. It doesn't run as well, either.

Re:Hollow Men

[jcwayne]

This dinosaur's last gas(p).

Ob. Russia

[DavidD_CA]

In Soviet Russia... the outdoors farts on you.

Re:Own up

[zoogies]

He who made the rhyme, did the crime...

(I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin'...)

Re:Siberia: crazy liberal myth or FACT?

[Anonymous Coward]

This is what it would be like, if the majority of people were athiests.

All I can say to the OP is:
BEST. SITCOM. PITCH. EVER.

Re:Own up

[DeadDecoy]

I did! I just stuck it in the fridge so I could share with friends and family later. Enjoy!

Re:Don't worry about global warming

[ColdWetDog]

Well, that certainly puts the Wall Street meltdown in some sort of perspective.

I feel so much better about my 401K.

Re:Well

[Valdrax]

Because of the end of civilization, the Clamp Cable Network now leaves the air. We hope you've enjoyed our programming, but more importantly, we hope you've enjoyed... life.

Ok, let me see if I have got this right...

[Anonymous Coward]

1. The economy is going down the drain...
2. The ecosystem is going down the drain...
3. Sarah Palin is nominated for VP...

Are we starting to see a pattern here?

Re:Hollow Men

[gbobeck]

"Pull My Finger!"
--Earth

Re:yes and no

[MLease]

You're referring, of course, to that noted climatologist, Rush Limbaugh?

-Mike

Re:Own up

[Hognoxious]

The one who denied it supplied it.

Smoking

[ypctx]

So all the "Smoking can kill you" warnings should now be postfixed with "Instantly".

I've only got one thing to say about Siberian gas

[Cro Magnon]

This time, it wasn't me!

Re:Don't worry about global warming

[Anonymous Coward]

It would not be difficult, Mein Fuhrer.

Re:Hollow Men

[jbezorg]

Well, it all started when the Earth was just 13 million years of age. One day, while walking with some friends, The Earth accidentally cut the cheese. Well, in it's adolescent awkwardness, The Earth blamed it on an old gypsy woman who happened to be passing by. Big Mistake! The gypsy woman placed a curse upon it's head. Because the Earth smelled it, she decreed the Earth would forevermore BE HE WHO DEALT IT!