http://www.metafilter.com/tags/peat Posts tagged with 'peat' at MetaFilter. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:33:41 -0800 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:33:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44212/Permafrost%2Dn%2DGround%2Dthat%2Dis%2Dpermanently%2Dfrozen <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18725124.500">Siberia's permafrost is melting.</a> New Scientist reports that 250 million acres of permafrost are thawing, exposing the world's largest peat bog. This is likely to release billions of tons of methane gas. This would likely cause a positive feedback loop, massively accelerating global warming. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44212 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:33:41 -0800 climate globalwarming peat permafrost siberia mosch