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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (10623)	3/22/2004 5:25:52 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110194

continuing the big OT Nah, I like the positive feedback following a huge burp up of methane as the oceans warm a couple of degrees--apparently the methane slush is really unstable. Good reading this. So, there will a huge warming of Earth's climate within the next thousand years as the modest C02 atmosphere* effect gives way to the much more potent 'greenhouse' gas methane. And then, the planet will then cool off, possibly slow on the order of 100,000 years like the article mentioned--but possibly very fast as heavier precipitation closer to the poles in a warmer climate begins to reestablish the great continental ice sheets. A few million years from now the planet will be a frozen waste, with just a few tubeworms and such near the mid oceanic vents. Now what is the bond market going to do this week?! That is the tough forecast. <g> * footnote--a greenhouse works by restricting convection. Warm air parcels hit the glass. The greenhouse effect is really the atmosphere effect... uwmc.uwc.edu found this A single unit of hydrate, when heated and depressurized, can release 160 times its volume in gas. It is possible that both natural and human-induced changes can contribute to in-situ gas hydrate destabilization, which may convert an offshore hydrate-bearing sediment to a gassy water-rich fluid, triggering sea floor subsidence and catastrophic landslides. ncseonline.org