http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/methane-arctic-climate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=methane-arctic-climate Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/methane-arctic-climate/comment-page-1/#comment-26705 FatBear Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=149831#comment-26705 I'm not so sure that arctic lakes are the only source of methane bubbles.  I live in a floating home (a house that floats on the water) in Oregon and we have a boat well - sort of an attached garage for boats.  The boat well is enclosed and darker inside than out, so the outside light filters in through the river water.  In the late summer, when the river is dropping and lowering the pressure at the bottom, and warming, which would increase microbial activity, I frequently see bubbles rising up from the bottom.  It does seem likely that some of this is methane.  Maybe I'll devise a way to trap some and see if they ignite.  :-) I’m not so sure that arctic lakes are the only source of methane bubbles.  I live in a floating home (a house that floats on the water) in Oregon and we have a boat well – sort of an attached garage for boats.  The boat well is enclosed and darker inside than out, so the outside light filters in through the river water.  In the late summer, when the river is dropping and lowering the pressure at the bottom, and warming, which would increase microbial activity, I frequently see bubbles rising up from the bottom.  It does seem likely that some of this is methane.  Maybe I’ll devise a way to trap some and see if they ignite.  :-)

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