Voice of America: Study: Arctic Methane Release Could Cost Economy $60 Trillion

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Study: Arctic Methane Release Could Cost Economy $60 Trillion Jul 24th 2013, 21:20, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) A release of methane in the Arctic could speed the melting of sea ice and climate change with a cost to the global economy of up to $60 trillion over coming decades, according to a paper published in the journal Nature.   Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Erasmus University in the Netherlands used economic modeling to calculate the consequences of a release of a 50-gigatonne reservoir of methane from thawing permafrost under the East Siberian Sea.   They examined a ... Media files: BC8EE946-13A6-4A2F-A371-D4BD63AAAA5D_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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