Methane : New Study In Nature Food
A new study in NatureFood has found that India’s rice fields now rank among world’s top methane hotspots.
- Methane is a hydrocarbon that is a primary component of natural gas.
- It is a potent greenhouse gas, responsible for about 30% of the global temperature rise since the Industrial Revolution.
- It is the primary component of natural gas and a byproduct of fossil fuel exploration.
- It is more efficient at trapping heat over a 20-year-period than carbon dioxide.
- The three major anthropogenic sources of methane emissions are agriculture, energy, and waste sectors.
- It is a colourless, odourless, and highly flammable gas, also known as marsh gas.
- It remains in the atmosphere for a shorter period — about 12 years — than carbon dioxide,
- It traps far more heat in the near term, making it a key driver of short-term climate change, contributing to global warming, more than carbon dioxide for every tonne.
