Methane is the second most abundant anthropogenic greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, accounting for about 20% of global emissions. Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in the amount of methane emitted into our atmosphere, and new research suggests that fracking is likely to be partly responsible for this increase. In this episode I explore this research and what it means for our environment.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Fracking, North Dakota’ by David Olsen here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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