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But methane is also short lived in the atmosphere. I worry battling methane and co2 at the same time is dividing the efforts.
by mrfusion 6y ago
But methane is also short lived in the atmosphere. I worry battling methane and co2 at the same time is dividing the efforts.
- aaaxyz 6y agoThe shorter lifetime is taken into account when measuring its global warming potential in CO2 equivalent. In absolute terms, atmospheric methane is responsible for about half as much radiative forcing as CO2, so it's is crucial to battle methane emissions just as much.
- throw0101a 6y agoFrom the GWP article: > Some gases, again like methane, break down over time, and their heat absorption, or GWP, over the next 20 years is a bigger multiple of CO2 than their heat absorption will be over 100 or 500 years. Values of GWP are estimated and updated for each time frame as methods improve.