Re:Methane may not warm the Earth quite as much as previousl...
by goodluckchuck on Saturday April 22, 2023 @12:52PM
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> science is quite settled that anthropogenic climate change is a real ting.
That may be supported by other research, but according to this study there has been a lot of research into how methane causes warming, but little research into how it may cause cooling.
Then - right off the bat - this study finds a substantial cooling effect. Finding this hardly rules out the possibility of additional undiscovered cooling effects. It suggests to me that additional research is needed into how all these greenhouse gasses may have cooling effects.
> The corresponding climate impacts, however, have been only indirectly evaluated and thus remain largely unquantified.
That may be supported by other research, but according to this study there has been a lot of research into how methane causes warming, but little research into how it may cause cooling.
Then - right off the bat - this study finds a substantial cooling effect. Finding this hardly rules out the possibility of additional undiscovered cooling effects. It suggests to me that additional research is needed into how all these greenhouse gasses may have cooling effects.
> The corresponding climate impacts, however, have been only indirectly evaluated and thus remain largely unquantified.