Friday, August 31, 2012

'Vast reservoir' of methane locked beneath beneath Antarctic ice sheet

Scientists say as much as 4bn tons of the potent greenhouse gas could be released into the atmosphere if ice melts. 
 
Half the West Antarctic ice sheet and a quarter of the East Antarctic sheet lie on pre-glacial sedimentary basins containing around 21,000bn tons of carbon, said the scientists.

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