No 'Burp' Accelerating Climate Change? Wetlands Likely Source Of Methane From Ancient Warming Event

New analysis of Greenland ice could allay fears about a methane 'burp' accelerating current global warming trends. An expansion of wetlands and not a large-scale melting of frozen methane deposits is the likely cause of a spike in atmospheric methane gas that took place some 11,600 years ago, according to an international research team.

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