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		maxlamb on May 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: World Now Likely to Hit Watershed 1.5 °C Rise in N... 17 million tons of methane in 2013 and rapidly increasing. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_methane_emissions

AnimalMuppet on May 27, 2021 [–]

So, is that a lot or a little? How much do cows produce? How much does human activity release? (Honest question; I don't know.)

knuthsat on May 28, 2021 | [–]

It's estimated there's 1300G tons of methane stored in tundra.

1300 * 10^9 is about 100 years of 2020 CO2 activity.

13 * 10^6 is 100/1000 years of 2020 CO2 activity, I guess.

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