[seikilos]

How long would that all take to melt? According to your source only 50 of the 1400Gt could be abruptly released.

[tajen]

I think they've tried to convert those 50Gt into palatable comparisons: It equals to a 2 additional degrees increase of global warming, or reaching the 2100 temperature in 2080. But we're talking about methane – the original article was about CO2.