1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yt7hRJfObq"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/expert-increased-methane-gas-plumes-not-linked-to-global-warming/">Expert: Increased methane gas plumes are not linked to global warming</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/expert-increased-methane-gas-plumes-not-linked-to-global-warming/embed/#?secret=Yt7hRJfObq" width="600" height="338" title="“Expert: Increased methane gas plumes are not linked to global warming” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="Yt7hRJfObq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Figure 1.) Offshore Washington / Oregon seafloor bottom topography (bathymetry).As the Paris Climate Talks begin, the mainstream media has ramped up output of alarmist man-made global warming articles, this time focusing on increased methane gas plumes. Specifically, methane gas bubbling up from the seabed at several locations off the coast of Washington state. Methane gas plumes that they say are the result of man-made atmospheric global warming and indicative of a pending disaster. Here's what we're told: Human CO2 emissions have warmed the atmosphere, which has acted to warm mid-ocean depth levels in localized areas off the coast of Washington. This warmed seawater has heated, and therefore destabilized, selective and underlying seafloor methane-rich geological rock layers. These destabilized methane-rich geological rock layers are now emitting methane gas into the overlying ocean and are indicative of an impending worldwide catastrophic methane release. Methane gas is a so-called greenhouse gas with a potency 23 times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2). Scary stuff!https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_fig1_methane.jpg