Not just cows 🐄 Methane has a much bigger story to tell. From fossil fuel leaks and landfills to livestock and wetlands, methane is released all over the world and it packs a serious climate punch. It’s the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide, and molecule for molecule, it traps around 30 times more heat over a century. The good news? Methane doesn’t linger for long. With an atmospheric lifetime of about 10 years, cutting methane emissions can lead to faster climat

2.1K views · 128 reactions | Methane is the second-most important greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. But what do those human-caused emissions look like across the U.S.? This NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio video shows them in the year 2012, consistent with those reported by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ⬇️ Learn more: https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/316/methane-emissions-in-the-united-states/ | NASA Climate Change | Facebook

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that can come from a variety of sources on our planet. NASA Earth scientists study the global methane budget to better understand the primary sources of methane emissions and how they contribute to climate change: https://go.nasa.gov/3AEF6w2 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration