Re: Google Alert - Arctic methane

[John Nissen]

Hi everyone,

Recent research suggests that emissions of methane from the Arctic have been growing, but much of the methane has been rising into the stratosphere.

The article [1] shows the complexity in studying Arctic methane.  I don't suppose there's any way to drain the Arctic tundra, and it wouldn't be sensible.  The way to reduce methane emissions is by freshening the pools of stagnant water and thermokarst lakes, e.g. using diatoms with appropriate nutrients.  It could be a cost-effective way to reduce the level of methane in the atmosphere - at least more cost effective than trying to remove methane from the atmosphere.  It needs to be on the international agenda, since Arctic methane is a tipping element in the Earth System.

Cheers, John

[1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260221000325.htm

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[Bhaskar M V]

Thanks John

I agree that the best solution to prevent Methane production is to convert the carbon to diatom biomass and some of this will be consumed by fish and some will sediment to the ocean bed.

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[Paul Klinkman]

Dear Restorers,

We could also travel one more step farther with this discovery.  We can create additional Arctic peatlands, either by throwing beaver-sized or larger dams across streams or by creating a series of rice paddy walls on a slightly contoured landscape.  The newly created microbogs might only absorb peat for a century or two before they fill up with peat, but perhaps a century or two is what we need right now.

Peatlands in general will sequester carbon dioxide.  We could set up new peatlands or restore existing peatlands in many biomes.  Natural sequestration is more politically popular than mechanical carbon sequestration.  However, remember to put up bat houses and purple martin birdhouses to keep local mosquito levels low.  Otherwise neighbors might object.  

Yours in Hope,

Paul Klinkman