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Couldn't find the original link and Kate's database is throwing a spanner in the works so here are a few related links:

http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM14GBUQPE_index_0.html
ESA?s Envisat satellite witnesses Earth?s largest crack


http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMRJTSMTWE_planet_0.html
The most authoritative report on climate change to date will be released tomorrow in Paris, France, and is expected to warn of rising global sea levels and temperatures. Earth observation from space plays an invaluable role in helping scientists advance our understanding of climate change and capability to model its evolution.

http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_idguhveoxc
Ozone measurements made by ESA?s Envisat satellite have revealed the ozone loss of 40 million tonnes on 2 October 2006 has exceeded the record ozone loss of about 39 million tonnes for 2000.

Here's your original link, DA. It was in my watched topics email:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070320103826.htm

From this link:

"Also, emissions from methane ? the second most important greenhouse gas ? may significantly rise in the future due to global warming if methane is released from currently frozen permafrost areas."

In another Climate Change Forum thread, I recall asking someone whether he had any thoughts on Siberian tundra methane gas. He ignored the question. Maybe he thought I was being facetious...but it really does threaten to snowball (an unfortunate word) the problem.