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News & Current Events Apr 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM

Newly discovered ocean methane source could fuel warming loop

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Newly discovered ocean methane source could fuel warming loop
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Newly discovered ocean methane source could fuel warming loop
New study solves decades-old scientific mystery but warns the ocean may contribute far more to future methane than current models predict
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3050_mjondalen Apr 16, 2026 +6
Haven't this been known for quite a time?
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Drak_is_Right Apr 16, 2026 +2
Decade+ Certain areas the full scope of the deposits, no.
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lattice_defect Apr 17, 2026 +2
calyx gun
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Defiant-Peace-493 Apr 17, 2026 +2
A calyx is a husk around a flower or fruit. Perhaps you mean clathrate? (Alas, Techtonica, we hardly knew ya)
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lattice_defect Apr 17, 2026 +2
yeah man clathrate gun... methane semi crystalized on the seabed floor.. disolved gas decresses with temp ... self sustained heating cycle..
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captaintrips420 Apr 18, 2026 +1
Welp, it was a fun run.
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[deleted] Apr 16, 2026 -19
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FirEnjoyer141 Apr 16, 2026 +12
Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do anything to slow it down. Yet we won’t, not while corporations and oligarchs have capital to gain.
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Snoop375 Apr 17, 2026 +1
Completely agree
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seitung Apr 17, 2026 +8
This is completely wrong. Science has known we are already intervening in the wrong direction for over a century and science has been warning us of the impact for decades. More empirical evidence of what is already statistical certainty won’t change that. We are the wrench among the cogs in otherwise sustainable global cycles.
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Snoop375 Apr 17, 2026 +1
There are models that say it's reversible but I can't see the political will to implement what's necessary.
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SomeDuncanGuy Apr 17, 2026 +3
I have no doubt that you're the dumbest person in any room you enter.
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Snoop375 Apr 17, 2026 +1
Bit much. Made made climate change has locked in a degree of warming already, and we are seeing global systems affected now. There are feedback loops that can intensify the rate of warming. I don't see evidence that politicians are willing to take decisions needed to reverse things. Feels rather hopeless to me
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PhantasmologicalAnus Apr 16, 2026 -26
What's that? Yet another major source the models didn't take into account because it wasn't known? But we are supposed to believe these models? It's so far out of our control it's hilarious. Stop trying to reduce emissions and all that shit and start preparing for a much hotter place to live.
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Good_Sauce Apr 17, 2026 +9
Things are bad so let's make them worse!
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CrasseMaximum Apr 17, 2026 +5
If you are stupid enough you just ignore and make it worse
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PhantasmologicalAnus Apr 17, 2026 -2
Let's piss in the wind, while we could be preparing. We've shown time and again we don't have near enough info to indicate anything than a general, accelerating trend. It already looks bad and it's assuredly accelerating. Let's pretend doing things like electrifying passenger cars will help.
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zffjk Apr 16, 2026 +2
Start planning if you’re resilient enough to be able to survive The Road, otherwise just try and have a good time while it lasts.
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