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1) Over days sure, but not on the relevant timescales. 2) In terms of impact on climate the difference from 1990 to 2024 is mostly from CO2: https://en.wikipe
by Retric 2y ago
1) Over days sure, but not on the relevant timescales.
2) In terms of impact on climate the difference from 1990 to 2024 is mostly from CO2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#/media/File:1979-_Radiative_forcing_-_climate_change_-_global_warming_-_EPA_NOAA.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_methane#/media/Fil...
3) It’s nonlinear, increasing methane concentrations also benefit methane scavenging bacteria which should increase the rate of breakdown as concentrations increase. OH only lasts around 1 second in the atmosphere so in theory it should be depleted by increasing atmospheric methane, but methane is only one of several things it reacts with so the difference is minimal without orders of magnitude change in Methane.
- ljf 2y agoDon't forget that Methane decays into water vapour and CO2