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05/06/2018

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15/01/2018

Methane hydrate dissociation off Spitsbergen not caused by climate change:-

For years, methane emissions from the seabed have been observed in the Arctic Ocean off Spitsbergen. Researchers have proposed that the warming of seawater by climate change is responsible for the release of methane, but this has not been confirmed. Now, an international team reports that post-glacial uplift is the most likely cause of methane hydrate breakdown. The study is published today in the international journal Nature Communications.

Methane hydrates, also known as flammable ice, occur in many regions of the oceans. But this product of methane and water only forms a solid compound under high pressure in cold temperatures. If the pressure is too low or the temperature is too high, the hydrates decompose and the methane is released as gas from the sea floor into the water column. Spitsbergen has been experiencing severe outgassing for several years. Does the methane originate from decomposed methane hydrates? What is the cause of the dissociation of the hydrates? Warming due to climate change, or other natural processes? An international team of scientists has now been able to answer this question. They have published a report in Nature Communications.

"Our investigations show that uplift of the sea floor in this region caused by the melting of the ice masses since the end of the last ice age is probably the reason for the dissolution of methane hydrate, which is already ongoing for several thousand years," explains Prof. Dr. Klaus Wallmann, first author of the study by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. "The region has raised more than the sea level has risen, causing a pressure relief, so that the methane hydrates dissociate at the stability limit," Wallmann continues.

For their investigations, the scientists carried out expedition MSM 57 with the German research vessel Maria S. Merian, led by the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen. The mobile drilling rig MARUM-MeBo70 was also used for this study. "With this special device, we were for the first time able to gain long sediment cores in this area," explains chief scientist Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bohrmann from MARUM. "In these cores, we found significant amounts of freshwater that originate from decomposed hydrates," Bohrmann continues. The scientists were able to prove that this process started 8,000 years ago, and therefore cannot be attributed to global warming of the past decades.

Methane hydrate dissociation off Spitsbergen not caused by climate change
The rotary drill bit of the MeBo70 has penetrated a layer of limescale activated in soft sediments. Bright aragon cements typically fill the cavities of the sea carbonates. Credit: MARUM - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Bremen; G. Bohrmann
In addition to the geochemical analyses, results of a model simulation of ice distribution in the Arctic since the last ice age were used. "The results show that the rate of isostatic uplift at our drill sites after melting exceeded the eustatic sea-level rise throughout the post-glacial period," explains Prof. Bohrmann.

"In other words, the land has risen faster and stronger as the sea level rose, so that the pressure in the hydrate reservoir decreased and the hydrates finally became unstable," adds Prof. Wallmann. Thus, the scientists argue that the dissociation of hydrates can be explained by this process, especially since the warming of sea water in deep layers of the ocean is still low.

The investigations off Spitsbergen show a methane release not caused by climate warming. Further research efforts are necessary at other locations to investigate whether this applies also to other areas of the Arctic or even in middle latitudes.

30/09/2017

On this Durga Puja, cast all your worries away For answers to your prayers are on their way Just believe and never let go That Goddess will bless everything you do.

20/08/2017

Climate change means more rain but less water in rural rivers:-

Soaring temperatures driven by climate change are whipping up ever-more intense storms inundating cities with flash floods but leaving the countryside and crucial agricultural land parched, an Australian study has found.

Researchers at Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) found that while hotter weather sparked heavier storms leading to floods in built up areas, it also reduces moisture in the soil, which then quickly absorbs any excess and reduces water flow in rural rivers.

So when the big rainfall events... do fall, a bigger proportion of them are stored up in the soil, so you have a lesser proportion coming out as flows.

Experts say decreases in waterways in farming areas threatens agriculture and food security, requiring urgent attention amid a forecast rise in the global population by 23 percent to nine billion over the next two decades.

Meanwhile, they point out that city infrastructure is struggling to cope with the harsher downpours, with flood damage worldwide costing more US$50 billion in 2013 -- a figure expected to double in the next 20 years.

16/07/2017

Radioactive contamination is the unwanted presence of radioactive substances in the environment. Our environment is contaminated by naturally-occurring and anthropogenic radionuclides, unstable isotopes of an element that releases radiation as it decomposes and becomes more stable, which are present in the air, soil, rain, etc. These radionuclides can be transferred throughout the food chain until reaching humans, and this could make for a potential health risk.

Until now, to study the presence of radionuclides in different products for human consumption and their subsequent transfer, research has been based fundamentally on foods such as meats, fish or milk, without considering a foodstuff like fungi, which are well known for accumulating concentrations of some radionuclides in their fruiting bodies.

As a result, the Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory of the University of Extremadura (LARUEX) has carried out a study to quantify radioactive presence in this foodstuff. Thus, the author of the study, Javier Guillén, explains that "this quantification is made using transfer coefficients that compare the radioactive content in the receptor compartment of the radioactive contamination, that is to say in the fungi, to that existing in the transmitter compartment, which in this case would be the soil."

To conduct this research the authors considered the base level of radionuclides established in ecosystems with low radioactive content like our region, and then used the software called the ERICA Tool which, as the researcher explains, "allows one to enter the transfer coefficient from the soil to the organism -- in this case the fungus -- thus calculating the dose of radionuclides a non-human organism receives."

From the study, we may conclude that the estimated dose rates for fungi in Spain are similar to those determined for other animals (animals and plants) and therefore this species can be used when assessing the presence or absence of radioactive contamination in the soil, as a result of which, as the researcher asserts, "even though it is not strictly necessary to include fungi amongst the existing instruments and frameworks of assessment, they can be used in ecosystems which may require them, based on criteria such as biodiversity."

Moreover, in the case of the fungi analysed, which are concentrated in the Mediterranean area, we should also highlight the fact that they do not contain a high dose of radionuclides, meaning there is no environmental contamination and they are therefore perfectly suitable for consumption by humans.

The Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory of the UEx has carried out a study to quantify radioactive presence in fungi. According to the research, this quantification is made using transfer coefficients that compare the radioactive content in the receptor compartment (fungi) of the radioactive contamination, to that existing in the transmitter compartment (soil). From the study, we may conclude that fungi can be used when assessing the presence or absence of radioactive contamination in the soil.

31/12/2016

May this New Year brings you a peace filled life, warmth and togetherness in your family and much prosperity! Happy New Year!

27/12/2016

No Tax On CO2 Emissions In China:-

China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming, according to the web site of the country's highest legislative body.

The National People's Congress (NPC) standing committee passed the law, the first to tax polluters, on Sunday, less than a fortnight after a red alert for smog left more than 20 cities in the country's northeast choking under a heavy haze.

Polluters will be charged for contributing to air, water and noise pollution, according to a copy of the legislation on the NPC's official web site.

But CO2 did not make the list, which includes air and water pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and sulphite, taxed at rates beginning at 1.2 yuan ($0.17) and 1.4 yuan ($0.20) per unit respectively.

It also stipulates a monthly tax ranging from 350 to 11,200 yuan ($50 to $1612) for noise pollution.

The Environment Tax Law will come into effect on January 1, 2018.

China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, due to its heavy reliance on coal to provide electricity to its population of 1.37 billion.

The fuel has also contributed to the country's severe smog problem.

Last week, cities across China's northeast went on "red alert" for air pollution, triggering an emergency response that included taking large numbers of cars off the road and closing some factories.

07/12/2016

It requires seven to eight trees to provide enough oxygen for just one person per year.

06/11/2016

Spinach can be engineered to detect explosives by putting sensors into the part of the leaf where photosynthesis happens.

03/11/2016

Environmental Canine Services has trained dogs to recognize the smell of human f***l bacteria and sniff out sources of water pollution.

30/10/2016

Paris just passed a new law that allows anyone to plant an urban garden anywhere within the city’s limits. Happy Diwali to All.

25/08/2016

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