BYHANNAH OSBORNEON 5/27/22 AT 9:11 AM EDT04:22

The Arctic Lakes Where Methane Makes Water Roar In A Violent Rolling Boil

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Across the Arctic, there are lakes where the water appears to boil. Where “drunk” forests crash into the water. Where huge sinkholes appear following mammoth explosions—one witness to such an event said it was “like the Earth was breathing.”

The cause of these natural phenomena is methane, a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential around 30 times higher than carbon dioxide over 100 years. Methane is created via an array of natural and anthropogenic processes. Farming is a major contributor, as are landfills and coal mines. For natural sources, it comes from both land…