Carbon and Methane in Atmosphere Up Sharply
sduford on Apr 26 2008 at 10:32 am | Filed under: Global Warming, The Science
A new report from the NOAA shows that CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere is accelerating. More worrisome though is the fact that after a decade of steady readings, methane (CH4) is now sharply up, potentially indicating that the dreaded positive feedback scenario where methane hydrate locked in the permafrost is being released rapidly.
Keep in mind that CH4 is several times more effective than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. Also, for the conspiracy theorists out there, this is the NOAA, an American organization, so they can’t possibly be falsifying data to get more grant money given the views of the Bush administration.
The latest government data about the state of the Earth’s climate.mebeli