There are also enormous amounts of methane trapped in deep marine clathrates.

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hank — 5/12/2017 12:05:52 AM (archived)

If they are warmed sufficiently, they can release CH4 (a very powerful) greenhouse gas) into the environment.

You may recall that clathrates were a key factor in the failure of the BP Deep Horizons Platform.

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Positive feedback... - RL - 5/11/2017 2:20:01 AM
- Alaska's permafrost is just the tip of the melting iceberg - RL - 5/11/2017 11:46:52 PM
  - fixed missing numbers (nt) - RL - 5/12/2017 12:17:57 AM
  - There are also enormous amounts of methane trapped in deep marine clathrates. - hank - 5/12/2017 12:05:52 AM
- Original sources: - TB - 5/11/2017 6:10:47 PM
  - Stats in the Supplementary Material - mcfly - 5/11/2017 11:32:26 PM
    - Wellll, shiver me timbers. - hank - 5/12/2017 12:01:04 AM
      - It's just a hot-button of mine - mcfly - 5/12/2017 1:06:32 AM
        
        Zen Math - ER - 5/12/2017 1:54:03 AM
        
        As aimless rambles go, that was fascinating - mcfly - 5/12/2017 3:01:32 AM
        
        Numerical analysis was never a substitute for computers. - ER - 5/12/2017 12:27:10 PM
- Not to worry. - hank - 5/11/2017 3:24:39 PM

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