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Nov 3, 2009

Methane has greater warming effect

If its effects on atmospheric aerosols are included, methane's global warming potential may be around 10% higher than previous estimates. This could affect calculations of the cheapest way to mitigate climate change in the short-term. That's according to a team from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University, US, who studied interactions between atmospheric gases such as methane, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, NO_x, SO₂ and ammonia emissions, and aerosols.

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