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It's a step, though. Methane is inherently unstable and won't stick around in the atmosphere forever once we stop emitting it. CO2 gets absorbed into the ocean
by thehappypm 6y ago
It's a step, though. Methane is inherently unstable and won't stick around in the atmosphere forever once we stop emitting it. CO2 gets absorbed into the ocean very slowly and with acidification as a consequence.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoIt's important to say explicitly what "not forever" is here. Half life of methane in the atmosphere is 9 years[0]. Then it decomposes into CO₂ and water; the latter is suspected to be a potent greenhouse gas at that altitude[1]. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#cite_ref-Climate_change_2013_19-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#cite_ref-C... [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#Atmospheric_impacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#Atmospheri...
- cryptos 6y agoBut in the meantime methane has bigger effect (per kg) than CO2.