The graph above is errroneous happy talk. I can prove it by focusing on one single data point. THAT is the "CH
4 - Waste and Other". Notice that they show a decreased rate of increase to match the rather convenient "slow down" of the increase in human industrial and agricultural activity. This is blatantly false. WHY?
Simply because of the obvious increase in methane emmisions from the
documented melting of vast areas of permafrost, never mind the increases in
leaks (toxic VOCs plus methane) from
abandoned (and active) fracked well sites, (
the number of which increases every year) that have boosted methane output, even if the industrial processes from closed drill rigs in the ocean and on land may have reduced methane output from all the flaring they love to "externalize" onto we-the-people.
Then there is that "minor" detail that this "study" seems to have forgotten from Earth biology biosphere basics. Termites are the greatest natural producer of CH4 on the planet. This "study" would have us believe that we are killing off a large percentage of the termites, when anyone with the most basic knowledge of termite biomes knows that all species of termites THRIVE as temperatures increase. Yes friend, the termites are moving north and still doing quite well in the tropics. That means their biomass is increasing.
That means the termites, which definitely qualify for the "waste and other" category in this "study", are increasing their CH4 output.
But many profit over planet fools will parade this "study" as "proof" that we are "making progress" towards "reducing" greenhouse gases. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Methane Sources - TermitesEach termite produces, on average, about half a microgram of methane per day, a seemingly insignificant amount. However, when this is multiplied up by the world population of termites, global methane emission from this source is estimated to be about 20 million tonnes each year.
There are more than 2000 different species of termites and the amounts of methane produced varies considerably between species, with some producing no methane at all. Methane is produced in termite guts, by symbiotic bacteria and protozoa, during food digestion.
Human ImpactThe primary impact of humans on termite methane is reduction of emissions through termite habitat destruction. Many of the most important methane producing termite species are found in tropical forest areas, huge swathes of which are destroyed each year for logging, agriculture and housing developments. Additionally, in North America and elsewhere colonies of termites are regularly exterminated due to the threat they pose to wooden structures.
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http://www.ghgonline.org/methanetermite.htmThe human impact (termite habitat destruction) has been more than counterbalanced by the termite spread north due to global warming AND the methane coming from the melted permafrost. Termites polulation increases are ANOTHER feedback loop that is contributing to the acceleration of global warming.
The "study" in this article is happy talk, period.
I insist they are lowballing, not just the increase of greenhouse gases, but the RATE of increase. The rate of increase has NOT slowed down; it HAS increased.
This NASA satellite is not playing games with the temperature increase or the Carbon Dioxide (and other particulate pollutants and green house gases).
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE:SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE:CARBON DIOXIDE LEVEL (click on any area for read out):NOTICE that Hawaii,,where the CO2 measurement is taken to determine our "global" increase, is one of the LOWEST CO2 concentration areas of the planet.We are NOT getting the full picture!CO2 457 PPM!
The globe can be repositioned to see any part of the Earth.
TUTORIAL:Please pass this on. People need to become citizen scientists.
The 6th Mass Extinction Event is here * Geologic History shows why CO2 caused Global Warming before