Rapidly rising levels of atmospheric methane are 'very bad news for humanity and the planet,' warned one observer.
Tuesday,"The growth of methane emissions slowed around the turn of the millennium, but began a rapid and mysterious uptick around 2007."
"The spike has caused many researchers to worry that global warming is creating a feedback mechanism that will cause ever more methane to be released, making it even harder to rein in rising temperatures," the outlet noted."Potential explanations [for the methane surge] range from the expanding exploitation of oil and natural gas and rising emissions from landfill to growing livestock herds and increasing activity by microbes in wetlands.
"Is warming feeding the warming? It's an incredibly important question," said Nisbet."As yet, no answer, but it very much looks that way."that the continued burning of fossil fuels risks setting in motion a chain reaction whose consequences—particularly ever-more global warming—are irreversible. While researchers are still working to discern the extent to which human activity is responsible for the alarming spike in atmospheric methane levels in recent years, scientists have
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