Re:Alaska’s thawing soils are now pouring carbon dioxide int...
by istorical on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @04:55PM
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"While CO2 persists in the atmosphere for centuries, or even millennia, methane warms the planet on steroids for a decade or two before decaying to CO2.
In those short decades, methane warms the planet by 86 times as much as CO2, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
In those short decades, methane warms the planet by 86 times as much as CO2, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-bad-of-a-gree...