NASA MEASUREMENTS SHOW GREENHOUSE GAS METHANE ON RISE AGAIN
October 29, 2008
October 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- NASA's Earth Observatory division issued the following press release:
The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end approximately a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable. The new study is based on data from a worldwide NASA-funded measurement network.
Methane levels in the atmosphere have more than doubled since pre-industrial times, accounting for around one-f . . .
The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end approximately a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable. The new study is based on data from a worldwide NASA-funded measurement network.
Methane levels in the atmosphere have more than doubled since pre-industrial times, accounting for around one-f . . .