Arctic Methane

Our most immediate climate change problem is Arctic methane

Katey Walter demonstrates methane

Methane mixed with water and frozen is called methane hydrate

It is ice that will burn

Methane hydrate on the ocean floor

Methane Ice Burgs

Methane Ice

Methane Plumes

Methane Hydrate Plug

Methane Foaming

Methane bubbling from ocean floor. Methane gas has 170 times the volume of

the original hydrate.

Sonar of methane plumes

Methane Pingo

Types and locations of Methane Hydrate Deposits

The East

The East Siberian Arctic Shelf . It contains vast amounts of hydrates

siberian

The Gakkek Ridge is an extension of the Mid Atlantic Ridge

Methane escapes into the atmosphere

Methane above the Arctic in January of 2012

Permafrost is thawing and creating methane producing thaw lakes

Warmer water is flowing into the Arctic Ocean

Thaw lakes and peat bogs east of the Ural Mountains

An Arctic Circle river delta

Shorelines are subject to erosion without the protection of sea ice. Permafrost

thawing exposes yedoma. Large amounts of Methane and CO2 escape from these areas.

After the permafrost thaws, the ground subsides and dries out.

When the “ground” dries out it becomes susceptible to fires. Lighting strikes have increased 20%

As of 9/03/2012 Arctic Summer Sea Ice extent and volume has decreased by 81%

PIOMAS expects the summer Arctic Sea Ice to be gone by about 2015

First significant acknowledgement that a feedback system has started

“Amplifying each other” means the dreaded feedback system has started

NCAR’s HIPPO project flew through various levels taking samples

HIPPO discovered methane coming up from all over the Arctic Ocean

Methane hydrate regions

Methane eruption centers or torches

What happens if we don’t deal with methane? Here is one estimate.

Here is one thing we can do

Methane is no longer a greenhouse gas with one hydrogen atom removed

Rockwell/Collins engineers have been helpful but Rockwell/Collins

has not taken up the project.

• It was discovered that HAARP already has Radio Frequency Transmitters in operation. An adjustment in frequencies could test for sure whether or not methane can be decomposed in the atmosphere.

• Lt. Col. Kleiman has received the project proposal and has forwarded it to the HAARP Project Director. HAARP’s major source of funding is the US NAVY. Contact your representative and ask them to make sure HAARP takes up this project.

It was recently discovered that the Antarctic has about three times as much methane as the Arctic.