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Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal apod.nasa.gov
by user0, in Science:Earth Science
Lake Baikal is the world's largest (by volume), oldest, and deepest lake, containing over 20% of the world's fresh water. The lake is also a vast storehouse of methane, a greenhouse gas that, if released, could potentially increase the amount of infrared light absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, and so increase the average temperature of the entire planet.
The US plan to become the world’s cleantech superpower arstechnica.com
by user0, in Science:Earth Science, World:North America:United States
"Across the country, a new revolution is underway in sectors from solar to nuclear, carbon capture to green hydrogen—and its goals are profound: to rejuvenate the country’s rustbelt, decarbonize the world’s biggest economy, and wrest control of the 21st-century’s energy supply chains from China, the world’s cleantech superpower."
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