Methane is a greenhouse gas 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period. Much of it comes from production and transport of fossil fuels, so you might think methane levels would have tumbled during the global COVID lockdowns of 2020. But in fact, they spiked worryingly upwards. So what’s going on?

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Research Links
Phys.Org Article

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-surge-methane-pandemic-lockdown.html

Peng et al, December 2022

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05447-w#further-reading

George Allen paper 2022
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04352-6.epdf?no_publisher_access1&r3_referernature

NASA article

https://blogs.nasa.gov/earthexpeditions/2022/09/22/alaskas-newest-lakes-are-belching-methane/

Reuters interactive website on Arctic Methane

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/CLIMATE-CHANGE/PERMAFROST/oakveelglvr/?fbclidIwAR15g2bW4u4YSstCBA6Xs8DYQqReKQp1E0XiU-OGcO5x0LUHo-rk4MujTRw

UN climate targets 2030

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ISSS website

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