Great, something else to worry about: Natural gas leaks bubbling up under our sidewalks

Science Daily gives us something new to worry about once we get past 5/21: Extensive Methane Leaks Discovered Under Streets of Boston:

Earlier this year, Boston University researchers and collaborators conducted a mobile greenhouse gas audit in Boston and found hundreds of natural gas leaks under the streets and sidewalks of Greater Boston.

There could be as much as eight billion cubic feet of natural gas unaccounted for in Massachusetts, which sounds like you might want to hold off on digging that in-ground fire pit, but which Science Daily seeks to reassure us is more of concern to arborists and climate-change fretters, since it tends to kill off street trees and then become part of the greenhouse gasses helping to warm up the planet. The BU researchers will release "detailed location information" at a conference next week.

Via Dan K.