{"id":28773,"date":"2020-07-16T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/huge-methane-spike-from-last-two-decades-is-contributing-to-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2020-07-16T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T17:50:00","slug":"huge-methane-spike-from-last-two-decades-is-contributing-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/huge-methane-spike-from-last-two-decades-is-contributing-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"#Huge methane spike from last two decades is contributing to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Huge methane spike from last two decades is contributing to climate change<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 16, 2020 |<\/span> 1:50pm <\/p>\n

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\n A visualization of global methane on January 26, 2018. Red shows areas with higher concentrations of methane in the atmosphere.<\/span>
\n Cindy Starr<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n We already know that we\u2019re not doing enough to curb climate change, but new data shows that things might be changing more rapidly than anyone predicted. A new report reveals that global levels of methane are higher than they\u2019ve ever been, with the primary sources being the mining of coal and natural gas, as well as decay in landfills and the farming of cattle.<\/p>\n

The research, which was published in Environmental Research Letters, focused on data on atmospheric methane levels between the years 2000 and 2017. 2017 is the most recent year for which global methane data is available, according to the researchers, but there\u2019s no reason to believe things have gotten any better in the meantime.<\/p>\n

The researchers say that the levels of methane are spiking so much that it could boost global temperatures as much as 4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. That might sound like a tiny change, but it could bring with it monumental shifts in weather and dramatically affect our food supply as well as disrupt ecosystems on the land and in the oceans.<\/p>\n

The big issue with methane is that while there\u2019s not as much of it in the atmosphere \u2014 gasses like CO2 are far more abundant \u2014 it absorbs heat with greater ease. That makes it particularly bad for a planet that is consistently warming and the more of it that is floating around, the higher Earth\u2019s temperatures could climb.<\/p>\n

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The global methane budget for 2017 based on data from satellite sensors. Orange shows sources related to human activities; green shows natural sources and sinks for the gas; hatched orange-green shows sources of methane linked to both human activities and nature, such as wildfires and burning biomass.<\/span>Jackson et al. 2020 Env. Res. Letters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So who\u2019s to blame for the big spike in methane output? Based on the global data, the researchers have a pretty good idea:<\/p>\n

Increased emissions from both the agriculture and waste sector and the fossil fuel sector are likely the dominant cause of this global increase, highlighting the need for stronger mitigation in both areas. Our analysis also highlights emission increases in agriculture, waste and fossil fuel sectors from southern and southeastern Asia, including China, as well as increases in the fossil fuel sector in the United States. In contrast, Europe is the only continent in which methane emissions app<\/a>ear to be decreasing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Good job, Europe! Unfortunately, your peers in the United States and Asia don\u2019t seem to have the same priorities and overall methane levels are continuing to spike as a result.<\/p>\n

As the climate warms, we\u2019re already seeing the results and they\u2019re not good. Reefs are dying off, storms continue to get stronger and we can\u2019t seem to wrap our heads around the fact that we\u2019re affecting the planet in a dramatic way.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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