#protectourplanet — Public Fediverse posts
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Methane Leaks Multiplying Beneath Antarctic Ocean Spark Fears of Climate Doom Loop
Leigh Tait – Earth Sciences NZ A potent greenhouse gas has begun seeping out of the Antarctic seafloor in dozens of places, scientists have discovered. Researchers documented the emergence of these methane seeps in shallow regions of the Ross Sea, a bay off the southern coast of Antarctica. The patches of leaking gas could be caused by global warming, and they could also threaten to accelerate it further, according to a new study published Oct. 1 in the journal Nature […] -
Climate Disasters Do Not Automatically Lead To Greater Care For The World
Getty Images/iStcokphoto During the second half of the 20th century, the number of disasters occurring each year worldwide increased twentyfold. Since 2000, they have reached a high plateau, hovering around 600 disasters per year. Since 2000, these disasters have killed, injured or left homeless an average of 200 million people each year, representing 2.5% of the global population. If we make the rather unrealistic assumption that the distribution of these events is equally probable – […]
