Wednesday, October 02, 2013

More Bad News for Fracking: IPCC Warns Methane Traps Much More Heat Than We Thought

Methane leaks in Boston area. Yellow indicates methane levels above 2.5 parts per million. (Credit: NY Times)
The IPCC’s latest report, released Monday (big PDF here), reports that methane is 34 times stronger a heat-trapping gas than CO2 over a 100-year time scale, so its global-warming potential (GGWP) is 34.  That is a nearly 40% increase from the IPCC’s previous estimate of 25.

More Bad News for Fracking:  IPCC Warns Methane Traps Much More Heat Than We Thought
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