Isn’t science a wonderful thing.

When it doesn’t have a political agenda.

They were not expecting this.

U.S., Norwegian, and German scientists report back on the surprising results of an Arctic Ocean research expedition. 
The ocean waters near the surface of the Arctic Ocean absorbed 2,000 times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than the amount of methane that escaped into the atmosphere from the same waters, according to a study by the USGS Gas Hydrates Project and collaborators in Germany and Norway. The study was conducted near Norway’s Svalbard Islands, above several seafloor methane seeps.

Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, but the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere where the study was conducted more than offset the potential warming effect of the methane emissions that were observed.

Are you listening boys and girls?

About 1,500 Vermont students march down East State Street in Montpelier on Wednesday as part of the Vermont Youth Lobby’s Rally to Save the Planet. Below, students cheer the performance of Harwood Union High School rapper Logan Wedge. JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR / STAFF PHOTOS

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