Scientists just reported that super-polluting methane is leaking in Siberia.
John,
Of all the possible global warming nightmare scenarios, one of the worst is if the methane trapped under the Siberian tundra is released.
And scientists just reported that methane is beginning to leak up through the East Siberian Sea.
Methane is a global warming super-pollutant that is 87 times more potent than carbon dioxide, and there's enough methane trapped in the Siberian permafrost to trigger warming that's far beyond anything scientists are currently predicting.1
This is one of the massively destructive feedback loops that climate scientists say would be "game over for the climate." There's still time to prevent it, but we have to act NOW. We're going all out to stop new fracked gas and oil pipelines that, if built, would lock in a new generation of catastrophic global warming pollution.2
Permafrost is an underground layer of ice and dirt that has been frozen for tens of thousands of years. In Siberia, the permafrost is rapidly thawing at a rate that is triple the average of the rest of the planet, releasing methane.3
The land is now flooding with water resulting from the thaw, causing rivers to overflow and creating swamps where before there was only ice. Farmable land has been cut in half. And methane is bubbling up from the sea.4
If permafrost continues to melt and release more methane into the atmosphere, global warming will rapidly accelerate. The sea will rise even more rapidly than it is now, flooding the continents and throwing us into global warming chaos.5
To prevent catastrophic global warming, we must stop the construction of all new fossil fuel infrastructure and ban fracking everywhere. Food & Water Action is going all out to stop these pipelines right now.
We're working on multiple fronts to help ban fracking on public lands. We're working to pass legislation in states such as California and Florida to prevent new fracking wells. And we're demanding that every presidential candidate agrees to a national ban on fracking.
We need to fight like we live here. We can't slowly wean ourselves off fossil fuel production. We need a full stop, with an immediate transition to clean energy.
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