Around 60% of methane emissions are released by industrial activity: the warming of the atmosphere around the Arctic is responsible for further emissions and erosion of ice caps, rising sea levels etc...
An article @theGuardian tells us: 'Methane is four times more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, a new study shows. The result helps to explain the rapid growth in methane in recent years and suggests that, if left unchecked, methane related warming will escalate in the decades to come.'
'The growth of this greenhouse gas – which over a 20 year timespan is more than 80 times as potent than carbon dioxide – had been slowing since the turn of the millennium but since 2007 has undergone a rapid rise, with measurements from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recording it passing 1,900 parts a billion last year, nearly triple pre-industrial levels.'
I looked at the graph posted by ajohn regarding carbon emissions and wonder if there's a link to the nuclear testing done in the 50s and 60s or is it just another coincidence?
An article @theGuardian tells us: 'Methane is four times more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, a new study shows. The result helps to explain the rapid growth in methane in recent years and suggests that, if left unchecked, methane related warming will escalate in the decades to come.'
'The growth of this greenhouse gas – which over a 20 year timespan is more than 80 times as potent than carbon dioxide – had been slowing since the turn of the millennium but since 2007 has undergone a rapid rise, with measurements from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recording it passing 1,900 parts a billion last year, nearly triple pre-industrial levels.'
I looked at the graph posted by ajohn regarding carbon emissions and wonder if there's a link to the nuclear testing done in the 50s and 60s or is it just another coincidence?
