Posted on 02/18/2019 11:48:58 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned.
In a paper published by the American Geophysical Union, researchers say sharp rises in levels of methane - which is a powerful greenhouse gas - have strengthened over the past four years. Urgent action is now required to halt further increases in methane in the atmosphere, to avoid triggering enhanced global warming and temperature rises well beyond 2C.
“What we are now witnessing is extremely worrying,” said one of the paper’s lead authors, Professor Euan Nisbet of Royal Holloway, University of London.
Methane is produced by cattle, and also comes from decaying vegetation, fires, coal mines and natural gas plants. It is many times more potent as a cause of atmospheric warming than carbon dioxide (CO2).
Some researchers believe the spread of intense farming in Africa may be involved, in particular in tropical regions where conditions are becoming warmer and wetter because of climate change. Rising numbers of cattle - as well as wetter and warmer swamps - are producing more and more methane, it is argued.
“We have only just started analysing our data but have already found evidence that a great plume of methane now rises above the wetland swamps of Lake Bangweul in Zambia,” added Nisbet.
Scientists warn that there could be a more sinister factor at work. Natural chemicals in the atmosphere - which help to break down methane - may be changing because of temperature rises, causing it to lose its ability to deal with the gas.
Our world could therefore be losing its power to cleanse pollutants because it is heating up, a climate feedback in which warming allows more greenhouse gases to linger in the atmosphere and so trigger even more warming.
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Yes, more propaganda from the experts. What will kill all will be the sharp rise in Bullshit levels.
The First Amendment should not allow lies to be told in the name of “science.” FAKE SCIENCE, it’s what’s for dinner!
Well played sir!
“Udder madness.”
Did you get the picture from “PlayCow, the magazine for Bulls?
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Geez, you would think somebody from Westchester could afford a real butt plug.
Ban cruciferous vegetables....
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