It’s happened: Methane, previously trapped in the ocean floors, is out gassing into the atmosphere at an extraordinary rate. This will cause the flow of the Gulf Stream to weaken even further, essentially producing climate change that it’s–even now–too late to do anything about. In 2010, methane levels in the arctic atmosphere were 1,850 parts per billion–higher, it is believed by paleoclimatologists–than at any time in the past 400,000 years (historically, concentrations are only 300 to 400 parts per billion).
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The next war won’t be over conflicts in Asia or the Middle East–between India and Pakistan or Israel and the Palestinians. If history is any guide, it will be a result of climate change. Examples from the past include the Thirty Years’ War between Europe’s most powerful countries, which last for years during the some of Europe’s coldest decades. It soon went from bad to worse as the Plague arrived.
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