THE world’s largest frozen peat bog is melting. An area stretching for a million square kilometres across the permafrost of western Siberia is turning into a mass of shallow lakes as the ground melts, according to Russian researchers just back from the region.
The sudden melting of a bog the size of France and Germany combined could unleash billions of tonnes of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.
While one of the current top stories at ABC News is a guide to online dating, this is one of the many news stories with real value and impact that will probably get swepped under the rug.
Aaron Fulkerson 
I’m not sure if you’ve heard or not, but I’m pretty sure president bush said that the scientific research on global warming is inconclusive. He would be the one to know right? </sarcasm>