Siberia Is Melting

An ancient peat bog in western Siberia, the size of France and Germany combined, is thawing. For the first time since the last ice age, eleven thousand years ago. Billions of tonnes of methane, twenty times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, could be released if/when the place melts fully. Even if it leaks over the course of a hundred years, it will still do as much damage as an annual dose of CO2 from 'wetlands and agriculture'. Eek.

Thought of the day time - 'Invisible threads are the strongest ties' - Friedrich Nietzsche...