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Politics : Climate Change

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From: ryanaka2/19/2020 8:41:47 PM
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Oil and gas firms 'have had far worse climate impact than thought'

Study indicates human fossil methane emissions have been underestimated by up to 40%

sciencealert.com

We've Vastly Underestimated How Much Methane Humans Are Spewing Into The Atmosphere

CARLY CASSELLA
19 FEB 2020

Tiny bubbles of ancient air trapped in ice cores from Greenland suggest we've been seriously overestimating the natural cycle of methane, while vastly undervaluing our own terrible impact.

Methane is an ' invisible climate menace' - roughly 30 times more potent as a heat-trapper than carbon dioxide - and while some of this atmospheric gas is produced naturally, new research indicates humans are responsible for far more of it than we thought until now.

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