Uh Oh, Methane Evidence Suggests We Entered Ice Age Termination Event

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a strange methane phenomenon detected on Earth
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#methane #climate #earth

0:00 Intro to glaciation
1:55 Incredible prehistory before the last glaciation
3:40 Recent cycle and Milankovitch cycles
5:10 What exactly is the termination event?
6:00 Connection to methane
7:00 New methane evidence
9:20 We we always in the Ice Age
10:00 Methane doesn't last long

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[whatdamath]

Some sidenotes I didn't get to add in the video:
-Tundra permafrost melting is definitely a contributor too but from the data in the paper it seems the wetlands are adding larger amounts in comparison.
-Increase in farmland in countries like Brazil is a contributor too but it's not growing large enough compared to the data
-This is the first study majorly addressing this, so it's still not clear what's happening
-The methane data seems to be very robust and was reported in other papers using other observations so the jump is real
-Methane correlates with solar activity as well (check out Neptune video below) and the Sun is becoming super active, so it may skew the data downward...suggesting the levels may go up even higher after 2026...maybe

[d.latello]

I want to apologize to everyone for the spike in methane gas. It was taco Tuesday that put me over the edge. Won’t happen again.

[ExtraDryingTime]

The article Anton is covering does mention/imply permafrost melt in the north, it's just not as much of a factor right now - "wetlands in Africa (15 Tg/yr) and Canada and Alaska (4.8 Tg/yr)".But the permafrost melt would be a great topic to cover Anton, please discuss the clathrate gun in your usual entertaining and interesting style!

[olivergerencser]

Thank you for your work, Randall & Graham!

[derekwebb]

Aren't the giant sinkholes opening up in the siberian permafrost due to methane being released?

[vincentgregorek]

Anton, Just a casual observation; I’m 68 years old and have seen many lakes and ponds in the Adirondacks (in upstate N Y) start to look more like “bogs”. Places that had liquid water in abundance when we were children have transitioned to near bogs. Big lakes, such as the Champlain and lake George, are mot becoming bogs anytime soon, but I wonder if these bogs full of decaying plant matter are producing large amounts of methane??? It would seem to me to make sense.Small lakes and ponds that we noticed as kids (viewed from the car while on vacation), are now to the point where you can almost walk across them! Food for thought??? I find your posts most intriguing and so interesting-science is a blast!

[StrangerNoises]

i've been hearing so often for years about the methane being released by the melting of the permafrost in high latitudes, tundra etc, that it's odd for it not to be mentioned here. scientists have been fretting loudly about specifically that for decades.

[yourhrbro]

As the person who spent my whole childhood in permafrost above arctic circle where winter in 90s was 10 months a year, to today's situation with winter barely lasting 6 months and summers peaking at 30 degrees celsius this year, which is a historical record for permafrost. I can tell that tundra's melt is definitely causing methane to be released from all of the composted organics stored for thousands of years in the Earth's "Fridge".

[genehawkridge]

I'm surprised that methane release from the rapidly warming tundra wasn't mentioned.

[leewolf]

Anton saying Hanky Panky is just brilliant 👌✌️🤣

[benjaminjaeger]

This is a great episode, now you got my Sub! You hit exactly some of my thoughts and ideas, but more important you gave us things to think about. Thanks for your passion and open thoughts

[etienne]

Wetlands+ agriculture (rice growth)+hydrates+leaks in shales.

There are a number of worrying papers on méthane leaks in shales and oil exploitations.

[amciuam]

Doggerland was told to be settled too. Now it is covered by waters of north sea (It is located between British islands and Netherlands in Europe)

[dennisbarker]

Thank Anton for being such a wonderful person and sharing all the cool science discoveries. You are the best

[PapaPoohBear]

I've been holding my gas for weeks now in support of the fart crisis we are in. Hopefully, by not farting for a month, I can help save a cow from being killed by our government.

[smithologist]

Cthulu is mighty gassy after it's long icy slumber.

[charlesblithfield]

What I love about this channel is the topics are the kinds of things I’m always interested in. Anton you do a great job of bringing these ideas and studies to us.

[Aangel]

So nice to see you smile at the end Anton. Your channel is amazing, better than school teachings. Thank you for all your hard work and hours of research to put each discovery together.👏🏼😄💕

[Dolphin]

I remember being taught that we are still in an ice age. Now I don't feel crazy anymore

[thallesmileto]

There are several hypothesis that were worth to investigate: 1-Dam construction is known to flood big regions which cause methane emissions. 2- positive feedback loop - as temperature increases, it shifts the solubility of methane in water and their part start to emit.