So why is all this important? For a start, although methane has a - TopicsExpress



          

So why is all this important? For a start, although methane has a shorter atmospheric shelf-life than carbon dioxide, it packs a far greater punch, being 28 times more effective at trapping the Sun’s heat in Earth’s atmosphere than CO2, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. A vast and unpredictable discharge of methane into the atmosphere could therefore make the IPCC’s worst case scenarios to date look benign.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:39:23 +0000

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