Not just cows 🐄 Methane has a much bigger story to tell. From fossil fuel leaks and landfills to livestock and wetlands, methane is released all over the world and it packs a serious climate punch. It’s the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide, and molecule for molecule, it traps around 30 times more heat over a century. The good news? Methane doesn’t linger for long. With an atmospheric lifetime of about 10 years, cutting methane emissions can lead to faster climat

Melting ice in Siberia could create a ticking methane bomb of greenhouse gases. | Hashem Al-Ghaili

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that can come from a variety of sources on our planet. NASA Earth scientists study the global methane budget to better understand the primary sources of methane emissions and how they contribute to climate change: https://go.nasa.gov/3AEF6w2 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration