THAWING PERMAFROST MAY HEAT THINGS UP GASES RELEASED A SLOW-MOTION TIME BOMB'.(FRONT)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | September 7, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Global warming gases trapped in the soil are bubbling out of the thawing permafrost in amounts far higher than previously thought and may trigger what researchers warn is a climate time bomb.

Methane -- a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide -- is being released from the permafrost at a rate five times faster than thought, according to a study being published today in the journal Nature.

The findings are based on new, more accurate measuring techniques.

"The ...

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