The invisible gas methane is responsible for a third of global warming. 28 times more harmful to the climate than CO2. But: While CO2 has not completely broken down even after 1000 years, methane has virtually disappeared after about twelve years.
In 2022, as much as 152.5 thousand tons of methane bubbled out of the Nord Stream pipelines after the explosion. And yet, in a global context, that environmental disaster was relatively small. Because exactly this amount of the silent climate killer escapes every day from leaking pipes at oil and gas drilling sites around the world. It is not only because of these leaks that the gas (it is produced where microorganisms break down biomass by adding oxygen) is considered the most important accelerator of global warming after carbon dioxide. Even more terrifying:
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