boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoUN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plungeenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkUN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plungeenglish.elpais.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history
minus-squareMagrath@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoMethane is burned at the point of use and produces carbon dioxide. Ideally there is no methane released in to the environment.
minus-squarenaturalgasbad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoMethane leaks Something like 3-10% of all methane production leaks. Methane is about 80x worse than CO2 over a 20-year period.
Methane is burned at the point of use and produces carbon dioxide. Ideally there is no methane released in to the environment.
Methane leaks
Something like 3-10% of all methane production leaks. Methane is about 80x worse than CO2 over a 20-year period.