Global Methane Budget (IMAGE)

Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Global Methane Budget

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The global methane budget for 2017 based on data from satellite sensors. Orange shows sources related to human activities; green shows natural sources and sinks for the gas; hatched orange-green shows sources of methane linked to both human activities and nature, such as wildfires and burning biomass.

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Jackson et al. 2020 Env. Res. Lett.

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