Methane’s life, death, and secret second life

Everything you need to know about the extremely powerful greenhouse gas.

[bethnichols]

Wow, I learned so much. Great science explainer. Loved the incredible graphics, the music, the frog audio, the "bottom up estimation" description, and the information about archae. The graphic presentation of the different sources of methane was ingenious. Glad it was 10 minutes to fully cover the topic. This should be used in classrooms !

[johnkincaide]

Excellent! I didn't know that Methane breaks down into Carbon Dioxide, and Fossil fuel generated Methane stays in the atmosphere longer. Keep up the good work!

[vaiyaktikasolarbeam]

Thank you for these uploads ! Keep doing it!

[MuhammedNasser-jr]

AMAZING! I Learned so much with an incredible way of presentation. Thanks!

[HAL-]

Someone needs to show this to the WEF so they can stop their war on cows

[SaveMoneySavethePlanet]

This is part of why I’m so happy that the US Congress passes methane carbon pricing as part of the inflation reduction act last year!

I hope that it helps generate funds which we can then devote to infrastructure changes which will eliminate these sources of methane getting into the atmosphere!

[adamc]

Awesome explanation! Y'all should collab with the folks that make the American Chemical Society's Reactions videos

[john-ugnc]

When you measure the amount of methane coming from a cow you would also have to take all the grass and feed that those cows ate and let it die and ferment and see how much methane came from that. Then subtract that amount of methane from the amount of methane the cow has given off. Have they done that?

[LisaBeergutHolst]

I like the term "fossil gas" instead of "natural gas" 🤔

[jewelzzzzzzz]

'i swear is not a fart joke' lmao so cute

[DrSmooth]

What does 'heating to date' mean

[a.randomjack]

Externalization, a complicated economic term that means I pollute, you pay, and take someone else's take money for more profits. It keeps the economy rolling eh 🤑

[mihaleben]

Oh my.
The CO2 seems to be so tightly packed it can make heat escape again.
Probaly.

[bohdanburban]

Preconceived notions are not helpful and there are a couple of classic examples of this in interplanetary exploration. Probes have have shown that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on Venus (96.5%) and Mars (96.0%) could not have been caused by the burning of 'fossil' fuels.

Furthermore, we must ask: just how prevalent is atmospheric methane in our solar system?

Earth …….. 2 ppm (parts per million)
Jupiter ….. 3, 000 ppm
Saturn ..… 4, 000 ppm
Neptune .. 15, 000 ppm
Uranus …. 23, 000 ppm

Saturn's moon, Titan, hosts gigantic lakes brimming with liquid methane, constantly replenished by methane rain. Methane is not a 'fossil fuel' and is not biogenic in origin. What's the point of the NASA space program if its results are simply ignored?

But wait! What about this well=documented association?

Jupiter         0.3% methane   ; 10%      helium
Saturn         0.4%       “             ;  3%             “
Uranus        2.3%       “             ;  15%          “
Neptune    1.5%        “             ;  19%          “
Earth           0.002%   “             ;   0.005%   “

[naapurin_pena.]

And that is why se collect methane from cows

[chrislledet]

Some of the Sciences questionable because how can methane become carbon dioxide methane is one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen you need two things for this to happen you need to atoms of oxygen and one atom of carbon and energy with all your complaints about CO2 emissions don't you think hydrogen omissions would go up as well 4 * higher because a methane molecule has four hydrogen atoms I am talking about basic chemistry here better can either be created nor destroyed by chemical reactions so where is the excess of hydrogen where is the hydrogen going my friend cuz it's a scientific fact when you have a methane molecule which is one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen shouldn't hydrogen levels be extremely high if this is really going on yes it's extremely high level of CO2 levels but I spot the fallacies in your science

[andreasilverthorne]

Please. We have less cows after 1982 when our problems began. Our excess methane has nothing to do with cows!

[denimjez]

How much was released when my government hit the nordstream pipeline

[pingnick]

I’m not sure how much it helps policy makers to talk about how fossil fuel methane however perceived is worse-so cows generally rely lots on fossil fuels and rice to lesser extent&bla bla bla philosophy+odd math maybe obscures bigger points that matter lots to those in the midst of these big global policy statements and national and even sub national policy decisions🤪