According to the United Nations IPCC, ’the concentration of methane in the atmosphere is higher now than any time in at least 800 000 years.’
"This will not only rapidly reduce the rate of global warming, but it will also produce a very valuable side benefit like improving public health and agricultural output," Biden said."We're mobilising support to help developing countries that join and pledge to do something significant."
Earth is rapidly approaching the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold above pre-industrial levels and this is due, in part, to methane’s efficiency at retaining heat, according to Charles Koven, a lead author of the IPCC report. It is a highly potent greenhouse gas and a toxic surface air pollutant. Reducing methane emissions will improve the quality of the air we breathe whilst also mitigating climate change with the results being almost immediately noticeable.
A series of chemical reactions occur when organic matter decomposes at shallow depths in low-oxygen environments, such as swamps. As plants die and sink to the bottom of these watery environments, bacteria begin to break them down.
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