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'Planet-heating methane spewing into the atmosphere from the damaged Nord
Stream pipelines only has a modest impact on climate change, say scientists,
but sharply highlights the risks of fossil-fuel-driven greenhouse gas
emissions.
The European Union has said it believes the leaks to the strategically
important pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and 2, were caused by a "deliberate act".
While not in operation the pipelines still contained gas, and Danish
authorities said they will now likely continue to empty out, with leaks
expected to continue for at least a week.
With only rough estimates available as to how much natural gas might bubble up
through the Baltic Sea, scientists expressed concerns about climate and
environmental impacts – but stressed that the amounts of methane involved were
a tiny fraction of global emissions.
"It is a real travesty, an environmental crime if it was deliberate," said
Jeffrey Kargel, senior scientist at the Planetary Research Institute in
Arizona, calling the leak "disturbing".
But he added: "Although the amount of gas lost from the pipeline obviously is
large, it is not the climate disaster one might think."'
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
