Submitted by CurtisLeow t3_yde4ds in space
but-imnotadoctor t1_ittzsgx wrote
Reply to comment by Archangel1313 in Methane ‘Super-Emitters’ Mapped by NASA’s New Earth Space Mission by CurtisLeow
Source on your percentages?
sithelephant t1_ituas5p wrote
He's forgetting to multiply the methane emissions by their impact.
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases#methane
'Methane's lifetime in the atmosphere is much shorter than carbon dioxide (CO2), but CH4 is more efficient at trapping radiation than CO2. Pound for pound, the comparative impact of CH4 is 25 times greater than CO2 over a 100-year period.1
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