> Climatologists have been deeply concerened with the clathrates in the
> continental shelf off the US eastern seaboard. If the temperature of the
> Gulf Stream rises another 2C, a tremendous amount of methane could be
> released into the atmosphere, which would accelerate the rate of atmospheric
> warming due to greenhouse gases, and methane is far more damaging than carbon
> dioxide.
Well, it wouldn't be so good for the boats either.
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Ken Norton
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