Gulf of Mexico Methane Release Predicted On Art Bell Prediction Show

As Art says;

DING, DING, DING!

Prediction number 85 from Art Bell's Yearly Prediction Show For 2010;

85. Mother Earth Releases Gas From Ocean

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Methane In Gulf Astonishingly High
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As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.

Texas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc (BP.L) oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are "astonishingly high."

Kessler's crew took measurements of both surface and deep water within a 5-mile (8 kilometer) radius of BP's broken wellhead.

"There is an incredible amount of methane in there," Kessler told reporters in a telephone briefing.

In some areas, the crew of 12 scientists found concentrations that were 100,000 times higher than normal.