Methane that used to be held in check by permafrost is bubbling into the atmosphere. From a region the size of Alaska there's a little bit over half a percent of our current atmospheric methane production, which may not seem like much. But this is only from a fraction of the entire permafrost region, I'm not sure if methane emissions are consistent, or are based on region, but there's probably a lot more being emitted as ice thaws around the world.
Now 3-6% of current methane emissions may not seem like much, but if methane accounts for ~20-35% of the man made greenhouse effect, and it's increasing at a rate of 3-6%, compound rate. Well... anyone who's had a savings account knows that a little bit can add up to a lot over the course of a decade with compound interest. Give it up for large-scale industrialization and facism!
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