It's called Methane

[SHRED]

Just how fast could this planet go into a dramatic climate rearrangement?
The next 10, 20, or 30 years?
I am almost 54. Will I see the drama?
I hope we can turn this around but it looks bleak to me.

Methane Seeps, Tipping Points Feared as Congress Sleepwalks
Dangerous Methane Seeping from Siberian Seabeds
by Gary Houser

"Methane is leaking from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf into the atmosphere at an alarming rate... Release of even a fraction of the methane stored in the shelf could trigger abrupt climate warming."
- National Science Foundation press release (March 4, 2010)

As the U.S. Senate finally prepares to bring climate-related legislation to the floor, it has become painfully obvious that the most crucial ingredient in any such debate - a true sense of urgency - is completely absent. Despite the fact that all future life on the planet hangs in the balance and a point of irreversible runaway warming is being rapidly approached, the Senate is proceeding as if it is sleepwalking in a stupor. It has allowed the fossil fuel industry to sabotage all effort at meaningful carbon emission reductions, and will only be considering legislation that is woefully inadequate to prevent catastrophe.

Those who follow this issue likely have familiarity with the concept of "tipping points". This innocuous-sounding phrase does not do justice to its vast meaning. It refers to the crossing of a line whereby tremendous natural forces are unleashed and an unstoppable rush of interlocking climate disruptions wreak havoc on the earth and its fragile web of life-supporting ecosystems. Once set in motion, it cannot be predicted how far the devastation would extend. Geological records have linked a severe climate shift with the "Great Extinction" event which wiped out a ghastly 90% of all life forms on the planet.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/19-4

[Bobbieo]

1. Scary Isn't it!!!!!

[Hydra]

2. "Slouching toward the apocalypse..."

The underground cities begin to make a great deal of sense...