Sentences with phrase «significantly higher methane»

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E.g. 550 million years ago CO2 was a whopping 18 times higher than today, and it was significantly warmer, meaning that methane levels must also have been much higher too.

E.g. 550 million years ago CO2 was a whopping 18 times higher than today, and it was significantly warmer, meaning that methane levels must also have been much higher too.

Unfortunately, I believe that the rest of the world on average will have higher methane leakage rates from the hydrofracking and transmission operations than for those in the USA; which I believe, will significantly increase methane concentrations in the atmosphere over the next several decades.

The study further demonstrated that the methane emissions, which were among the highest rates ever reported, varied seasonally and significantly influenced the restored wetlands» carbon and energy balances.

Yet, large methane releases can contribute significantly to climate change, given methane's high potency as a greenhouse gas.

Not only is this a substantial quantity of product vanishing into the air (natural gas is primarily methane), it is also significantly higher than most previous estimates — including from industry — and would reduce or eliminate any advantage natural gas has over coal from a climate standpoint.