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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://www.examiner.com/article/melting-arctic-ice-will-cost-global-economy-60-trillion-over-next-3-decades

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/24/world/climate-arctic-methane/index.html

http://www.domain-b.com/environment/20130726_methane.html

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-24/arctic-ice-melt-cost-seen-equal-to-year-of-world-economic-output

http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/07/north-pole-turned-into-lake-from-global-warming-3.html?cmp=rss

http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-07-29&nid=58995

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/arctic-methane-seen-as-60t-economic-time-bomb-qdwVHMVjSLWprnX2Ot~sNw.html

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://www.adamsmith.org/blog/energy-environment/the-unprecedented-60-trillion-of-costs-of-arctic-melting?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+adamsmithinstitute+%28Adam+Smith+Institute+blog%29

http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Research_11/Cost-of-Arctic-Methane-Release-Could-Be-Size-of-Global-Economy-Experts-Warn.shtml

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.telegraaf.nl/dft/nieuws_dft/21759300/___Smeltende_Noordpool_is_economische_tijdbom___.html

http://www.antena3.com/especiales/noticias/ciencia/hazte-eco/salva-artico/liberacion-parcial-metano-artico-costaria-equivalente-pib-mundial_2013072900082.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23923-huge-methane-belch-in-arctic-could-cost-60-trillion.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0724/Arctic-ice-melt-could-cost-an-extra-60-trillion-say-researchers

http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/07/60-trillion-global-economic-impact-of-a-massive-methane-release-in-the-arctic-new-study-shows-2475732.html 

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1290611/arctic-ice-melt-economic-time-bomb 

http://www.citywatchla.com/begreen-lead/5445-study-arctic-methane-burp-due-to-climate-change-could-cost-global-economy-60-trillion 

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/07/25/arctic-economic-time-bomb/ 

http://agreenliving.org/new-report-finds-arctic-ice-melt-is-a-ticking-time-bomb-that-could-release-50-gigatons-of-methane-cost-70-trillion/ 

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://climate-connections.org/2013/07/25/rapid-arctic-thawing-could-be-economic-timebomb-scientists-say/

http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/73040-report-cost-of-arctic-methane-release-could-be-size-of-global-economy 

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/153470/methane-evaporation-to-collapse-world-s-economy-scientists.html 

http://euro.bankier.pl/news/article.html?article_id=2898448&type_id=1

http://www.nuevatribuna.es/articulo/medio-ambiente/liberacion-parcial-metano-artico-costaria-equivalente-pib-mundial/20130725125009095074.html

http://www.ambientum.com/boletino/noticias/La-liberacion-de-metano-del-Artico-tendria-consecuencias-nefastas-para-la-economia-mundial.asp

http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/ciencia/noticias/5020528/07/13/El-deshielo-del-Artico-costara-60-billones-de-dolares.html

http://www.cronicamadrid.com/noticia/1250155/INTERNACIONAL/Calentamiento-global:-La-liberalizacion-parcial-de-metano-en-el-Artico-supondria-un-coste-similar-al-PIB-mundial-.html

http://www.tradearabia.com/news/REAL_240110.html

http://press-news.org/110257-cost-of-arctic-methane-release-could-be-size-of-global-economy-warn-experts.html

http://www.europapress.es/latam/sociedad/noticia-costo-liberacion-metano-artico-deshielo-podria-ser-volumen-economia-mundial-20130725083509.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.zeeburgnieuws.nl/

http://www.joop.nl/groen/detail/artikel/22150_opwarmende_noordpool_is_economische_tijdbom/

https://plus.google.com/101779531125472730190/posts/VQwQswiJq99#101779531125472730190/posts/VQwQswiJq99

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.nbcnews.com/science/greenhouse-gas-escaping-arctic-could-cause-economic-harm-experts-say-6C10732354

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-24/arctic-ice-melt-cost-seen-equal-to-year-of-world-economic-output.html

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.independent.co.uk/news/science/methane-meltdown-the-arctic-timebomb-that-could-cost-us-60trn-8730408.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/methane-gas-can-dramatically-change-the-global-climate-8730578.html

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.voanews.com/content/reu-study-indicates-methane-gas-release-could-cost-economy-up-to-60-trillion/1709431.html

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/arctic-methane-release-would-cost-planet-60-trillion-scientists-warn/story-e6frg8y6-1226684771728

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://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/arctic-melt-damage-bill-put-at-65-trillion-20130725-2qkfr.html

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

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