From Ray Brown
So a giant “methane burp” as the Arctic warms could apparently worsen global warming and cost the world an estimated $60 trillion (27 July, p 16). The solution may not be rocket science… or maybe it is.
Surely the world’s superpowers now have the technical expertise to monitor this by satellite. And if it should occur, presumably they could quickly dispatch a missile to ignite the gas before it disperses. Admittedly, this would produce lots of carbon dioxide, but it has a lesser greenhouse effect than methane.
Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
