Arctic Seafloor Methane Releases Double Previous Estimates

[AverageJoe90]

16. Geoengineering won't really work.....

Nor have the natural cycles been totally "woefully" inadequate *by themselves*(do note the asterisks, please); a large part of why these can't keep up anymore is because of the *rate* of carbon being spewed, and perhaps, even more importantly, continued deforestation and waste dumping into the oceans(Exxon Valdez, anyone?). If we could slow down *all* of these, then at least some of these processes would have a significantly lightened burden to deal with.

If we're already seeing methane releases in multiple parts of the globe this large at current elevated temperatures

None of which have largely exceeded the norm, by the way.

Since it's clear we're not going to be cutting our carbon emissions to zero anytime this century,

Not really so clear. Big Fossil will, of course, fight this(and so, btw, will a certain section of "it can't be done, let us all fail" climate doomsday advocates), but it's clear to me now that the tides have begun, even if slowly at first, in our favor.