Edge: We’ve been derailed on to the topic of methane clathrate. This unstable form of fossil fuel, most recently responsible for causing the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig, is being touted by energy companies as a successor to oil. The way indie developer Gobion Rowlands tells it, methane clathrate is seriously bad news. The theory goes that, when released, crystals of methane and ice buried in the ocean deep and Arctic permafrost could cause a greenhouse feedback loop capable of raising the Earth’s temperature tens of degrees, according to some estimates. Oceans would rise, deserts would spread and mankind would be faced with extinction.
It’s not easy being green, but the eco-friendly games on this list certainly make it interesting.
We're well into the first week of August, and the summer's hottest days could be just ahead. There's still a debate being waged over climate change policies proposed to help curb its effects, but in some video game that debate is over and the effects of climate change lead to a bleak future. We speak to Dr. David Robinson, New Jersey State Climatologist and Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University, to find out if these video games' vision of a post climate change future holds more fact or fiction.
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