A new study says the amount of the gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change.
The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds.
In 2000, 60% of the methane spewed into the air came from direct human activity. Now it's 65%, the study found. In the last 20 years, methane emissions from coal mining, oil and gas have jumped 33%, while landfill and waste increased 20% and agriculture emissions rose 14%, according to the study. The biggest single human-connected source of emissions are cows, Jackson said.
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