Methane sea-bed emissions -- more fuel for triage fires

Both Russian and British scientists have this week reported discovering hundreds more methane "plumes" bubbling up from the Arctic seabed. (See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/hundreds-of-methane-plumes-dis... ). The methane is being released from clathrates - crystal like cages of ice water molecules which trap methane molecules. As methane is 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas this finding in an area of the globe which is already warming faster than virtually any other is cause for serious alarm.