Methane in Permafrost Escaping at Dangerous Levels from Global Warming.

Scientists have recorded a massive spike in the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas seeping from Arctic permafrost, in a discovery that highlights the risks of a dangerous climate tipping point. Experts say methane emissions from the Arctic have risen by almost one-third in just five years, and that sharply rising temperatures are to blame.

Such Arctic soils currently lock away billions of tonnes of methane, a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, leading some scientists to describe melting permafrost as a ticking time bomb that could overwhelm efforts to tackle climate change. They fear the warming caused by increased methane emissions will itself release yet more methane and lock the region into a destructive cycle that forces temperatures to rise faster than predicted.

Green Man: It seems as though the permafrost is like Pandora's box, which is a mythological jar belonging to Pandora (she was the child of the Greek Gods/Goddesses). When she opened her jar it unleashed a process of total destruction -- sickness, disease, suffering and many hardships upon the world. The permafrost is indeed a Pandora's box, which while covered in layers of ice is harmless but when unlocked by rising temperatures, it triggers a mass release of toxic gases.

It's tragically ironic that we are so worried about a chemical weapon of mass destruction being set-off by a terrorists group when in all probability such a disaster seems more likely to occur from global warming. And we aren't doing much to prepare for that threat. Mother Earth is pissed off, and rightly so. She is unleashing her last defenses to fight back against the human species, which is using her beyond what she can provide. Thus, we have become parasites upon her and such a relationship is untenable and puts all species at risk.

~The Green Man has Spoken~