If 'these pipelines fail, the impact to the climate will be disastrous and could even be unprecedented.'
that a 700-meter circle of water was bubbling with methane released from the three major pipeline leaks, in an underwater system that transports natural gas from Russia to Germany and the rest of Europe. Experts are worried it could signal an environmental catastrophe.
"Given that, over twenty years, a ton of methane has a climate impact more than 80 times that of CO2, the potential for a massive and highly damaging emission event is very worrisome," David McCabe, senior scientist at Clean Air Task Force, told. "There are a number of uncertainties but, if these pipelines fail, the impact to the climate will be disastrous and could even be unprecedented.
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