Methane, methane, where from art thou? (increase in atmospheric methane found to come from fossil sources)

Science News | April 16, 1988 | Copyright

Methane, methane, where from art thou?

Concerned with rising global temperatures and the threat of a substantial "greenhouse" effect in the near future, scientists have watched carefully during the last decade as the atmospheric levels of methane grew each year by 1.5 percent. Because it efficiently traps energy from the earth, methane is an important player in the greenhouse scenario. But scientists are having trouble determining how much the different sources of methane contribute, which is the first step in understanding why this molecule, the chief component of ...

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