NASA finds super-emitters of methane
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NASA finds super-emitters of methane
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Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#2How could a 2 mile long methane plume in New Mexico have been undetected for any significant amount of time?
From what I understand basic environmental monitoring is done in 2022 around all major industrial facilities in the U.S.
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#3How could a 2 mile long methane plume in New Mexico have been undetected for any significant amount of time? From what I understand basic environmental monitoring is done in 2022 around all major industrial facilities in the U.S.
Or simply „How come we are finding out about that now and not in last 20 years…”
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#4And now what ?
Anyone knows what actions will be taken based on this data ?
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#5Stupid question: How much is this actually contributing to climate change?
Any climate scientists who make active predictions about how much we don't know?
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#6How could a 2 mile long methane plume in New Mexico have been undetected for any significant amount of time? From what I understand basic environmental monitoring is done in 2022 around all major industrial facilities in the U.S.
what interesting is there is nothing there. The only something are gas wells which the whole area is dotted with, so my only guess is leaky gas wells? https://www.google.com/maps/@32.3761968,-104.0819087,4787m/d...
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#7Stupid question: How much is this actually contributing to climate change? Any climate scientists who make active predictions about how much we don't know?
> Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere
It's a pretty potent greenhouse gas.
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#8Stupid question: How much is this actually contributing to climate change? Any climate scientists who make active predictions about how much we don't know?
Methane is a very strong greenhouse gas. But the upside is that it doesn't stay in the atmosphere for long. The half life of it is something like 9 years.
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#9Stupid question: How much is this actually contributing to climate change? Any climate scientists who make active predictions about how much we don't know?
According to the article, it lasts shorter time in the atmosphere compared to CO2.
> Since methane only lasts in the atmosphere for about ten years, compared to the centuries that carbon dioxide sticks around, reducing methane emissions could contribute to slowing global warming sooner,
Re: NASA finds super-emitters of methane
#10Have they published a global map we can look at?