And you thought CO2 was bad …

Methane Levels Going through the Roof — and What to Do about It

by Jan Lundberg
Culture Change

There comes a time when everything else must stop, when a crisis is staring you in the face. Perhaps like a speeding train coming at you. This is one of those times, far and away the biggest event in human history.

On Nov. 9, methane readings well over 2600 ppb were recorded at multiple altitudes, as illustrated by the image below. The trend is for rising levels, and the process appears to be accelerating.

Many people do not even know that methane is minimally 20 times as powerful as carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Global warming does change the climate, but the phrase "climate change" sounds more benign and obscures the cause of the effect. One must wonder about Business As Usual -- does it really have to break down or implode before we take a different path than ecocide?

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