Sentences with phrase «lived greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide»

contain an estimated 1400 Gigatons of methane, a more potent though shorter - lived greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

These so - called clathrates contain an estimated 1400 Gigatons of methane, a more potent though shorter - lived greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

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A few days ago the «shocking» headlines came out, describing some new research on how much methane is now seeping out of the Arctic seafloor — a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide, but much shorter lived in the atmosphere — as the region warms and permafrost melts.

John Carter August 8, 2014 at 12:58 am chooses to state his position on the greenhouse effect in the following 134 word sentence: «But given the [1] basics of the greenhouse effect, the fact that with just a very small percentage of greenhouse gas molecules in the air this effect keeps the earth about 55 - 60 degrees warmer than it would otherwise be, and the fact that through easily recognizable if [2] inadvertent growing patterns we have at this point probably at least [3] doubled the total collective amount in heat absorption and re-radiation capacity of long lived atmospheric greenhouse gases (nearly doubling total that of the [4] leading one, carbon dioxide, in the modern era), to [5] levels not collectively seen on earth in several million years — levels that well predated the present ice age and extensive earth surface ice conditions — it goes [6] against basic physics and basic geologic science to not be «predisposed» to the idea that this would ultimately impact climate.»

So all these people trying to live the way we live in the developed world is filling the atmosphere with a great deal more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases than existed a couple of centuries ago.

It is also a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change: Methane is over 20 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, although it is not as long - lived.

Though the rate of leak is such that it's not a huge climate risk, remember than methane is far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, though it is much shorter lived in the atmosphere.

Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (although its molecules have a much shorter atmospheric life than CO2).