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Methane Belches in Lakes Supercharge Global Warming, Study Says

Submitted by Bill Becker on 20/Oct/2006

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Richard A. Lovett
for National Geographic News
September 6, 2006

Global warming is causing Siberian lakes to bubble methane, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere at an alarming rate, scientists say.

Because methane in the atmosphere warms the planet, the Russian pools are intensifying the climate change that boosted their belching in the first place.
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