The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Not sure why this is made out to be a big surprise as Artic region contains a lot of trapped methane in soils and permafrost. I haven't looked recently at the ice coverage map but it seems to have shrunked quite a bit in the last decade and 10X release in methane was theorised years ago. I doubt it has anything to do with rice production as population increase cannot explain a 10X increase in atmospheric methane. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/fe-sim120916.php