Controlling methane emissions is essential as well
In conversations about climate change, CO2 is often mentioned as it is the largest contributor to global warming.
But methane (CH4) is important as well, as it has caused about 1/3 of the rise in global temperature and is 21-25 times more damaging than CO2.
Fortunately, methane has a short lifespan of only 12 years (as opposed to thousands of years for CO2), so reducing methane levels will reduce environmental damage in a relatively short period of time.
In this article, I explain what we can do to control methane levels to help save our planet:
It could be catastrophic when methane that is currently trapped is released quickly (credit: YanaBu on Shutterstock)
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