Large-scale methane release is the entire ballgame. Methane’s impact on the climate is 80 times greater than that of carbon dioxide.

By Charles P. PierceOct 28, 2020

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34508235/methane-release-siberia-atlantic-ocean/

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You didn’t think we were going to go an entire day without news of another environmental time-bomb, ticking away in another distant part of the world, did you? FromThe Guardian:

High levels of the potent greenhouse gas have been detected down to a depth of 350 metres in the Laptev Sea nearRussia, prompting concern among researchers that a new climate feedback loop may have been triggered that could accelerate the pace of global heating. The slope sediments in the Arctic contain a huge quantity of frozen methane and other gases – known as hydrates. Methane has a warming effect 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide over 20 years. The United States Geological Survey has…