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Re:Seaweed could be scrubbing more carbon from the atmospher... by jarvist on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @09:32AM (#17706394)
My understanding is that the majority of Methane molecules end up as CO2 anyway (Methane -> CH3 radical -> Formaldehyde -> CO2): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#Removal_pr...

So the underlying CO2 ~100 Yr+ effect is still there, but you also get a 500x benefit from Methane while it is persistent in the environment.

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