Category Archives: Methane

Might Arctic Warming Lead to Catastrophic Methane Releases?

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

Guest post by Indur M. Goklany In the earlier post reporting on the recent greening of the Arctic, some commentators — Crispin in Waterloo, BillD, Jimbo — have alluded to the notion that Arctic thawing could lead to positive feedback … Continue reading →

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Posted in Arctic, Methane | 62 Comments

Anthropogenic Decline in Natural Gas

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Well, Nature Geoscience is on a roll. Their latest “scientific study” makes an old claim in a new way. After ascribing the temperature changes in Lake Tanganyika to human actions, in a new paper they … Continue reading →

Posted in Methane, Paleoclimatology | 175 Comments

Most idiotic global warming headline ever

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

I may just divert to Toronto from Chicago and pay this writer a visit so I can tell him to his face what an idiot he is, or have my two new Canadian friends, Guy and Stuart, do it for … Continue reading →

Posted in GLOC, Methane | 135 Comments

Climate idiocy at the Monterey Bay Aquarium – cow with a gas mask

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

First let me say I’ve been there many times with my wife and children. When we go, we marvel at the sea otters, jellyfish, and the Mola they had for awhile. When we go to an aquarium, I don’t expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Methane, Ridiculae | 109 Comments

Methane, The Panic Du Jour

Posted on March 7, 2010 by

Guest post by Steven Goddard The climate panic headline this week has been that the warming Arctic is burping out dangerous quantities of greenhouse gas Methane. Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by Agence France Presse Huge Methane Leak in … Continue reading →

Posted in Methane | 208 Comments

Shindell, Methane, and Uncertainty

Posted on November 9, 2009 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A recent study by Shindell et. al, entitled Improved Attribution of Climate Forcing to Emissions, (Science Magazine, 30 October 2009, Vol. 326) reports on interactions between aerosols and methane and other greenhouse gases. It has … Continue reading →

Posted in Methane | 105 Comments

An idea I can get behind – regulate [as in capture waste gas and recycle] methane first

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

UPDATE: Some readers took exception to my title, and I can see why now. I regret my choice of wording for the title. “Regulate its escape into the atmosphere” is where I was going. “Regulate” from my perspective in engineering … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Methane | 151 Comments

That worrisome “Methane Beast” apparently is still not awake.

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

OK Leland Palmer, I told you on several occasions where you tried to steer threads towards Methane that you should wait until WUWT had a thread that was relevant – here you go, have at it. – Anthony The Ups … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Methane | 161 Comments