Study: Methane Plumes Traced to Oil and Gas Wells

Here's a term we bet you haven't heard before: Global Warming Potential (GWP). It's the term scientists use when they are ranking the various greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere, by the planet and by us. The lower the GWP, the less climate warming heat the gas can absorb and hold onto. Methane: the global warming elephant in the room When it comes to GWP, methane has a much bigger impact than carbon dioxide, which usually leads climate change's most...

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