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Exciting new ClimateTech! - Methanotrophs! This exciting new technology has been in R&D for a long time. Methantrophs use methane as a source of carbon and energy to power themselves. With Methane having 28x greater global warming potential than CO2, there has been a great focus, for example, on livestock and reducing methane emissions... Who is making this technology? You can find this "tech" seemingly under our feet, in soils and even more where ruminants have been present. In fact, there is research showing that when animals graze the land, the activity and presence of Methanophs. Sorry for the tongue-in-cheek post, but the point is that many of our answers are in Nature. Billions of years of R&D let direct capital into understanding and leveraging its power. Soils are the most undervalued asset on the planet! https://lnkd.in/e-AZCWHR #naturetech #climatetech #soils #soilhealth #regenerative #ghgemissions #drawdown

Methane emissions from oil and gas production, as well as from livestock, have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. Like carbon dioxide the main greenhouse gas that’s warming the world, methane acts like a blanket in the sky, trapping the sun’s heat. https://loom.ly/R5RZn4U

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝐠𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝐠𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔? Welcome back to Dr. J's class *wink*😁 Last time, I promised to discuss greenhouse gases, and here I am, keeping my word. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are atmospheric gases that trap heat from the sun. They play a crucial role in regulating the Earth's temperature, contributing to the natural greenhouse effect that makes our planet habitable. However, excessive accumulation of these gases has led to an enhanced greenhouse effect, resulting in global warming and climate change. 𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆:   📍 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒅𝒆 (𝑪𝑶2): This is the most prevalent greenhouse gas emitted by human activities. It originates primarily from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas for energy, as well as deforestation and other land-use changes. 📍 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒆 (𝑪𝑯4): Methane is emitted during the production and transport of coal, oil, and natural gas. It also comes from livestock digestion and manure management in agriculture, as well as the decay of organic waste in landfills. 📍 𝑵𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑶𝒙𝒊𝒅𝒆 (𝑵2𝑶): Nitrous oxide is released from agricultural and industrial activities, including the use of synthetic fertilizers, fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning, and certain industrial processes. 📍 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔: These are synthetic gases used in a variety of industrial applications, such as refrigeration, air conditioning, and electronics manufacturing. Examples include hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). 📍 We have come to the end of today’s class. 📍 Join me in the next class, where I will discuss greenhouse gas-emitting activities and their respective mitigation strategies 😁😁😁 Do you know of any other greenhouse gases aside from the ones listed above? Please share; let’s learn together. Please disregard the AI's spelling of 'greenhouse' in the image. #knowledge #thoughtleadership #greenhouseeffect #environmentalprotection #environmentalsustainability

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas frequently produced in the sea and in fresh water.

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas frequently produced in the sea and in fresh water.

Technology put to good use….. A new satellite is set to launch that will measure global methane emissions, a particularly potent greenhouse gas that drives about 30% of the planet's heating. With 60% of these emissions coming from human activities, reducing them is critical to meeting climate change targets. MethaneSat aims to help by providing precise measurements of methane leaks from oil and gas fields, supplementing existing satellite data. But what about agriculture's contribution? It remains a blind spot in the fight against climate change, making the need for comprehensive monitoring all the more urgent. Learn more about this important issue in the BBC Future article linked below. #ClimateChange #MethaneEmissions #Sustainability #johnleungmcr #lbfalumni #skyhightower

Farmers represent the greatest force of good in the fight against climate change. Not only can farmers utilize agrivoltaics to directly contribute to the clean energy transition, they can also use no tilling to directly sequestere carbon! Effectively, farmers can be the group that decreases future emissions while absorbing the old emissions...ALL WHILE GETTING FINANCIAL AND YIELD BENEFITS. I simply ask this...why are we not doing this at scale!? https://lnkd.in/eyxkbdJz

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas frequently produced in the sea and in fresh water.

When people ask us why we're so passionate about what we do, it's because we have an incredible opportunity to help fight against a "problem that will determine the fate of the climate". “Methane forms biologically in warm, wet, low-oxygen environments,” Jackson said. “The wetlands of a rice paddy and the gut of the cow are all similar.” "If wetlands are releasing methane faster than ever, they argue, there should be an even greater push to curb methane from the sources humans can control, like cows, agriculture and fossil fuels." Reducing methane from rice fields is in our control. We're abating 60-80% of those emissions on our fields and can prove it. We're focused on providing solutions to the agricultural portion of this problem by financially incentivizing sustainable rice farming practices and identifying demand opportunities for methane emissions reductions. The good news is the faster we move to avoid methane emissions today, unlike carbon, it will break down in the atmosphere in 15 years. Given methane is 80x more potent than carbon in the short-term, the ROI methane abatement today is significantly higher given the outsized impact it will have on the environment.

CDR can play two primary roles in decarbonizing the US economy. First, it can help the US achieve net-zero emissions by offsetting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from particularly hard-to-abate sectors, such as aviation and industry, from low-single-digit megatons of CDR today and equal to the capacity to remove roughly 20% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the US in 2023.All of this CDR is above and beyond what natural carbon sinks are expected to contribute in the land use, land-use change, and forestry sector absent additional policy support. #Emissions #CDR #CO2emissions #globalwarming #netzero