Methane Emissions Continue to Rise

Rapid growth from 2008–2017 built upon the rise in the atmospheric concentration of the gas that has been happening for more than a century.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using data from Jackson, R. et al. (2020). Photograph courtesy of NASA/Kate Ramsayer. Animation courtesy of the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 15, 2020
Data acquired July 15, 2016

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