Remove a billion tonnes of methane from the air and we could cool Earth by 0.2°C, extending the window of opportunity to remove carbon dioxide before it is too late
, but there is another major greenhouse gas contributing to the havoc in our skies too: methane. There is far less methane being emitted into the atmosphere than COAs it is emitted from livestock and leaky pipes, methane also reacts with nitrous oxides to make the gas ozone close to Earth’s surface.
Here, ozone causes people breathing problems andIf we could scrub the air of methane, it would help stop temperatures rising, buying us some time to reduce our other carbon emissions. For every billion tonnes of methane removed from the atmosphere, Earth’s surface temperature would be reduced by a roughly 0.2°C, according to
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