The current pace of climate change could be sped up dramatically by the release of long-trapped methane gas in the region's permafrost, a risk to which a Recent study by Gail Whiteman has attached an eye-popping price tag of $60 trillion in the next several decades, on top of previous estimates.
An overview of the media coverage can be find on the ERIM website: http://www.erim.eur.nl/research/centres/corporate-eco-transformation/news-and-events/in-the-media/nature/
Links to articles:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/24/world/climate-arctic-methane/index.html
http://www.domain-b.com/environment/20130726_methane.html
http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-07-29&nid=58995
http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-07-28&nid=58837
http://www.iblnews.com/story/78287
http://www.24heures.ch/economie/cout-astronomique-fonte-glaces-arctiques/story/27058021
http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0730-gen-arctic-economy.html
http://www.pedro.co.za/node/26520
http://www.wildsingaporenews.blogspot.in/2013/07/rapid-arctic-thawing-could-be-economic.html
http://www.domain-b.com/environment/20130726_methane.html
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/07/26/a-70-trillion-methane-bomb/
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Arctic+melt+economic+time+bomb/8711447/story.html
http://www.medindia.net/news/methane-emissions-from-the-arctic-priced-equal-to-the-worlds-economy-122727-1.htmhttp://www.beursxl.nl/nieuwsdetails.asp?cat=economie&id=582537
http://www.nd.nl/artikelen/2013/juli/25/-dooi-noordpool-tijdbom-economie
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1290611/arctic-ice-melt-economic-time-bomb
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/07/25/arctic-economic-time-bomb/
http://life.wired.it/news/natura/2013/07/25/artico-dal-metano-una-bolletta-da-60mila-miliardi.htmlhttp://inhabitat.com/new-report-finds-arctic-ice-melt-could-cost-70-trillion/
http://euro.bankier.pl/news/article.html?article_id=2898448&type_id=1
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/REAL_240110.html
http://www.thenews.com.mx/index.php/business-articulos/12244-arctic-ice-melt-will-be-costly
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/melting-arctic-ice-called-economic-time-bomb-195741515.html
http://www.joop.nl/groen/detail/artikel/22150_opwarmende_noordpool_is_economische_tijdbom/
http://news.koolearn.com/english/20130801/785049.html
http://edu.163.com/13/0731/18/954NPR3C00294IJA.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23432769
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/arctic-methane-idUSL6N0FT1PU20130724
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article3824564.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_07_24
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/24/arctic-thawing-permafrost-climate-change
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23923-huge-methane-belch-in-arctic-could-cost-60-trillion.html
http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2013/07/25/3810870.htm
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100912062
http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/arctic-thawing-could-cost-60-trillion-13072.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/arctic-methane-climate-change_n_3643917.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/24/melting-arctic-ice-economic-time-bomb_n_3646715.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/24/world/climate-arctic-methane/?hpt=hp_c3
http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2013/07/24/arctic-methane-time-bomb-could-have-huge-economic-costs/
http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/34758-arctic-methane-breach-economy-environment