Camelyn
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20,000 Microbes Under the Sea
Scientists have discovered that nearly a third of all the life on this planet consists of microbes living under the seafloor in a dark world without oxygen. Many of these tiny creatures make so much methane gas that if even a small proportion of it is released, we might be overwhelmed by huge tsunamis, runaway global warming, and extinctions
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And we were worried about meteor strikes...
Seriously though, I have read about this phenomenon before, mostly in a fresh water lake environment. When the methane (or CO2 IIRC) bubble bursts, it can wipe our entire ecosystems in the immediate vicinity of the lake. I can only imagine what an oceanic methane burp would be like...
Scientists have discovered that nearly a third of all the life on this planet consists of microbes living under the seafloor in a dark world without oxygen. Many of these tiny creatures make so much methane gas that if even a small proportion of it is released, we might be overwhelmed by huge tsunamis, runaway global warming, and extinctions
Full Story
And we were worried about meteor strikes...
Seriously though, I have read about this phenomenon before, mostly in a fresh water lake environment. When the methane (or CO2 IIRC) bubble bursts, it can wipe our entire ecosystems in the immediate vicinity of the lake. I can only imagine what an oceanic methane burp would be like...