Re:Reducing methane is the fastest strategy available to red...
by marcosdumay on Friday August 26, 2022 @12:45PM
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No, the title is not misleading that way.
The warming caused by methane is proportional to the exponential average of emissions, with a ~20 years half-life. Reducing the rate of emissions literally reduces the total warming from methane.
The one point where the article is misleading is that it reduces the warming as long as you keep the effort. If you stop doing it, the warming comes back in ~40 years as if you never did anything.
Methane is very different from carbon dioxide, because it doesn't accumulate forever. It tends to break people's intuition.
The warming caused by methane is proportional to the exponential average of emissions, with a ~20 years half-life. Reducing the rate of emissions literally reduces the total warming from methane.
The one point where the article is misleading is that it reduces the warming as long as you keep the effort. If you stop doing it, the warming comes back in ~40 years as if you never did anything.
Methane is very different from carbon dioxide, because it doesn't accumulate forever. It tends to break people's intuition.