Saturday, June 3, 2017

Not So Funny: The Arctic is Leaking Laughing Gas

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Nitrous oxide, the main ingredient in laughing gas, is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas, than carbon dioxide. And scientists believe it could be leaking from ancient reservoirs beneathArctic permafrost. Details here.

Melting permafrost in Canada's Arctic. Photo: Charles Tarnocai/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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