[blisterpeanuts]

What kind of quantity of newly released methane are we talking about, compared to the methane produced by trees and other plants?[1]

1. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=515109...

[adrianN]

1% of the carbon stored in the permafrost is roughly as much a all of humanity is currently emitting per year. It's a lot. Permafrost thawing is an important tipping point in the climate system.

[sp332]

Yeah, it's a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_methane_emissions

[clydethefrog]

See also

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate_gun_hypothesis