Comments on: Challenging Climate Models: Unexpectedly Large Methane Source Discovered in Overlooked Landscape

By: Clyde Spencer

Clyde Spencer — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:05:34 +0000

The methane is derived from ‘carbon’ that has been sequestered from a time when today’s tundra was apparently biologically more productive. It is a fools errand to try to stop the eventual conversion of the buried organic material back into the carbon dioxide from which it was made. The one thing that is constant in Nature is change. To the extent that humans can influence the rate of change, the emphasis should be on predicting the impacts and mitigating the negative impacts on people likely to experience the effects. It is questionable whether the problem is actually caused by humans. However, in any event, it is humans that will be most impacted. Nature will adapt regardless.

By: Clyde Spencer

Clyde Spencer — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:46:48 +0000

“Because methane is 25 to 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide, …”

It rarely gets mentioned that the equivalence is for equal weights of gases with different molecular weights. When compared on the basis of mole-fraction (PPM-V) the difference is only about 12X.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/03/06/the-misguided-crusade-to-reduce-anthropogenic-methane-emissions/

By: Boba

Boba — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:14:50 +0000

Oh, so models are wrong after all, as what we skeptics keep saying for years.

But don’t let that stop you from citing those same faulty models in the next round of scaremongering.