Sentences with phrase «hydroxyl levels»
But the lighter carbon could also signal that hydroxyl levels are falling, says Joe McNorton, a climate scientist at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
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«For example, in the future methane levels could increase as a result of increased natural gas and energy use, climate change feedbacks and / or a decrease in the global abundance of the hydroxyl radical, which chemically removes methane from the atmosphere.»
«Detergent» molecules may be driving fluctuations in atmospheric methane concentrations: New study suggests hydroxyl radicals may be behind unexplained recent increase in methane levels.»
If global levels of hydroxyl decrease, global methane concentrations will increase — even if methane emissions remain constant, the researchers say.
A final possibility is that there has been increased formation of the hydroxyl radical in the atmosphere — perhaps caused by the thinning of the ozone layer, which allows more ultraviolet radiation to reach low levels.
Don't worry about that, methanol is going to be far worse and when large quantities of hydrogen gas are released into the upper atmosphere there is going to be all sorts of fun with ozone, hydroxyl radical and NOx levels.