Pretty much everyone is aware of the climate crisis we have going on...There's various discussions on its speed and danger, but pretty much everyone at this point agrees that something is happening. Another thing most people agree with is that the ice sheets are largely affected. Just last month we saw a huge surface ice melt of the Greenland ice sheet, the largest in 150 years and we have record lows of ocean ice. But could the ice sheets actually contribute to climate change as well?
New research suggests that the antarctic ice sheet may be trapping huge reservoirs of Methane, releasing it as they grow and retreat, and, possibly, causing an unstudied effect on our climate. Take a look.
http://news.ucsc.edu/2012/08/antarctic-methane.html
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