When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide tends to get all the attention—but methane has a warming potential 80 times that of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. In fact, methane is the second-largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, making it a critical greenhouse gas to address. Approximately 30% of global warming since the Industrial Revolution is attributed to methane. In the last 200 years, atmospheric methane has more than doubled, reaching ...
