boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plungeenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-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-up1·1 year 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-up7arrow-down1·1 year 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.