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Arctic melt releasing ancient methane [1]

Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2012
BBC (UK) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Methane [4], Arctic [5], Glacial Melt [6], Green House Gases [7], Carbon Dioxide [8], Landfill [9], Waste Disposal [10], Global Warming [11]
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