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83. Most ice is in the East Antarctic; methane has a short lifetime in the atmosphere

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 09:47 AM

Nov 2013

The bulk of the Antarctic ice which is above sea level is in the East Antarctic, which is on a continental upland well above sea level.

Methane has a half-life in the atmosphere of 14 years IIRC.

There was a PNAS study a few years ago which concluded that a sudden release of large amounts of methane from hydrates was very improbable.

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