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Inside Climate News
View In: Rising Global Methane LevelsThe United Nations Human Rights Committee has declared that the Australian government violated the human rights of Indigenous Torres Strait Islanders by failing to adequately protect them from the severe impacts of climate change.  Lawyers have described the decision, issued last week, as “pathbreaking...

Paul Beckwith, Climate Systems Scientist
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10. On the Vital Importance of Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radical (OH*) Chemistry For Removal of Methane

In this video I delve into the details of the hydroxyl radical (OH*). This extremely reactive molecule is known as the “detergent of the atmosphere” and is the major scrubber of methane in the atmosphere. Methane levels … Continue reading →

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Counter Punch
View In: Rising Global Methane LevelsIn the year 2021 methane (CH4) concentration in the atmosphere exceeded 1,900 ppb for the first time in human history recorded by Global Monitoring Laboratory, Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That level of 1,900 ppb is triple the pre-industria...

Yale E360
View In: Rising Global Methane LevelsScientists say climate negotiators have misjudged the effects of rising methane emissions and warn the potent greenhouse gas could imperil hopes of meeting mid-century climate targets. The key, they say, is to focus on cutting those emissions and their big short-term impact. Read more on E360 →

Popular Resistance
View In: Rising Global Methane LevelsThe Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane’s climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes. The EPA’s climate accounting for methane is “arbitrary and unjustified” and three times too lo...

Yale E360
View In: Rising Global Methane LevelsLast year, atmospheric methane levels reached a grim new milestone, surpassing 1,900 parts per billion, the highest level in almost 40 years of record-keeping, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Read more on E360 →