Methane Dramatically Increase News Today

Global level of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide soared to unprecedented levels in 2023. Read more here.

A team of scientists found that carbon dioxide becomes a more potent greenhouse gas as more is released into the atmosphere.

The WMO said the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a new high last year. Read more here.

Scientists found the thicker the Arctic snowpack the more it releases carbon reserves. Click to read more.

Giant dust storms in the Gulf of Alaska can last for many days and send tons of fine sediment or silt into the atmosphere, and it is having an impact on the global climate system, say scientists.

Since 2006, the amount of heat-trapping methane in Earth's atmosphere has been rising fast, and, unlike the rise in carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane's recent increase seems to be driven by biological emissions, not the burning of fossil fuels. This might just be ordinary variability—a result of natural climate cycles such as El Niño. Or it may signal that a great transition in Earth's climate has begun.

An anomaly found related to the Sahara dust cloud reportedly baffled scientists for the past 20 years. Click to read more.

Baby kangaroo feces might help provide an unlikely solution to the environmental problem of cow-produced methane. To learn more, head over to Nature World News.