Oceanographer John Kessler analyzes methane levels from oil spill site, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences, July 2010:
Preliminary results show concentrations at some points to be a million times higher than normal, researcher says John Kessler, a chemical oceanographer in the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University, is currently analyzing methane levels in water collected from seven miles to 500 meters from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. …
“Methane levels ranged from 10,000 to nearly 1 million times higher in some spots than normal concentration,” Kessler said.
The 10-day cruise, which was funded by a National Science Foundation Rapid Response grant, returned June 21 with nearly 1 million data points gathered. Since that time, he and his colleagues have been analyzing the results in the shore-based lab at Texas A&M.
Ramifications are multifold, Kessler said… Naturally occurring methane seeps have been linked to rapid climate change. For instance, an event occurring 55 million years ago may have caused one of these spikes, scientists believe.
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Trust Matt Drudge to sensationalize like a tinfoil-har-wearing lunatic.
There is nothing in the original article to substantiate that the levels of methane in the Gulf waters are at the same level as seen in a so-called extinction event.
If I go to the beach and release a cup full of methane gas into a seaside pool, then the levels of methane in the pool will be a billion times normal.
But I’m unlikely to destroy the Earth that way. It the amount of methane which is important – not the localized concentration.
Naturally-occurring methane in oil is not the same a a “huge methane bubble.”
There is zero evidence of the existence of such an extinction-level methane bubble. And methane from the oil spill doesn’t make it real.
It’s sort of like when I ate some Kielbasa and saerkraut with pickles and beer and this tremedous gas bubble in my stomach exploded while in the bathroom. Then my wife went into the head and took a big wiff and came running back out full speed and cracked her noggin on the bed post putting her in the hospital. That was her extinction event, she’s still in there on life support.
Nice upper body but the camera panned away… :/
Uh… I meant to say that I’m concerned about the fresh bodies… of water… but hers was certainly refreshing. stop that! what did I just say?
Isn’t it funny as heck, the url keeps getting knocked off the net so that people can’t get to it to decide for themselves,
Methane BP Gulf Disaster
Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a ‘world-killing’ event
http://www.helium.com/items/1893686-deepwater-horizon-spill
How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill millions
http://www.helium.com/items/1895812-bp-gulf-disaster
BP is a terrorist organization the same as Al Qaeda and BP Corporate officers have committed a terrorist act against America by murdering Americans and destroying the Gulf of Mexico (in process). Simply declare BP a terrorist organization and send all company officers to Guantanamo for daily waterboarding until they confess (Bush & Cheney solution) then introduce them to Cuban firing squad. The patriot act would apply and all problems are solved. The question still remains how many more people will BP murder with corexit 9500 toxic rain or methane & Benzene toxic gas clouds?
Fintan Dunne, you’d better check yourself. I have never know Drudge to do anything other than just giving the facts. Thats what he is known for, no politics, no Hollywood, no b.s. just the facts. I’ve gone straight to the Universities site and saw the same info. Who are you really, Dunne? A BP media agent? A BP Public Relations whore? Or just some idiot wanting attention from your parents basement somewhere in Hackensack, New Jersey?
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