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'Widespread methane leakage coming hundreds of vents off East Coast
2014-08-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Methane bubbles flow in small streams out of the sediment on an area of sea floor of Virginia north of Washington Canyon. Quill worms, anemones and patches of microbial mat can be seen in and along the periphery of the seepage area. (NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2013) Of all the global warming gasses, methane is one of the very worst. Pound for pound, the Environmental Protection Agency says its effect on global warming is 20 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. And though its lifetime...
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