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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:22 PM Original message |
"Astonishingly High" Levels Of Methane In Gulf Near Spill - Nearly 1 Million Times Normal Amounts |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. OMG, it's gonna blow. Crap. nt |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Also a huge green house gas |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. methane is also a potent greenhouse gas. it was a prime player |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Asking again, is it possible to artificially aerate oxygen-depleted waters? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm dubious we could do it at the depths (and scale) required. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. That would explain why sharks, mammals, fish moving toward shore. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. methane. it's oxidizing, which (a) depletes oxygen and (b) creates CO2 --> carbonic acid in water. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Which is what killed that baby dolphin? |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Damn... |
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1955doubledie (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I always thought humans would destroy the earth with nukes |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Cue Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. You know, for the number of years that environmentalists were all like XOMG WERE ALL GONNA DIE |
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FBI_Un_Sub (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. What do we have? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. This scares me badly |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. NOte to Callilf Air Resources Board. "Ignore THIS" |
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