Sentences with phrase «teragrams per»
The end result of these calculations - the estimates that we have from a major review paper that was done by international scientists last year - was that about 20 to 25 teragrams per year of methane could be emitted by the end of the century from the continental shelf, and you need to compare that number with the current emissions just from wetlands of 100 to 230 teragrams per year.
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They calculated the amount of methane being released from the bubbles to the atmosphere at 17 teragrams per year, which is close to the amount being released from the Arctic tundra.
They measured levels of the gas emitted from all sources, and found more than half a teragram per year coming from the area where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah meet.
Not exact matches
Such a glut of cellulosic biofuel, if realized, would reduce greenhouse gas emissions — compared with oil that otherwise would have been burned — by 44 teragrams (44 billion kilograms) per year.
Total global CH4 emissions are likely 550 — 650 billion kilograms per year (550 — 650 teragrams, Tg).
Total global CH4 emissions are likely 550 — 650 billion kilograms per year (550 — 650 teragrams, Tg).
This is substantially larger than the ~ 25 teragrams CH4 per year emissions estimated for the region from inversion models based on atmospheric CH4 concentration data.
The sum of these emission estimates is about 60 teragrams CH4 per year, or ~ 25 % of global natural CH4 emissions.
Doubling that to 16 teragrams approaches the 17 teragrams of methane per year that scientists reckon the arctic tundra contributes.
Previous estimates predicted 8 teragrams of methane per year released into the atmosphere from ESAS.