Methane Mitigation: Novel Approaches to Reduce Methane Emissions and Remove Atmospheric Methane
Methane Mitigation: Novel Approaches to Reduce Methane Emissions and Remove Atmospheric Methane
Session ID#: 280065
Session Description:
Methane is a climate super pollutant responsible for roughly 30% of warming since pre-industrial times (0.5˚C). Rapid deployment of all currently available emission reduction approaches remains the top priority. Yet even with aggressive emission reductions, atmospheric methane concentrations are expected to remain elevated due to hard-to-abate anthropogenic sources, rising natural emissions from thawing permafrost and warming wetlands, and changes in atmospheric chemistry. While strategies for destroying methane at concentrated sources are advancing, technologies for mitigating dilute methane remain nascent. We welcome submissions exploring the full spectrum of methane mitigation, from novel emission-abatement approaches to atmospheric methane removal.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- A - Atmospheric Sciences
- SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:
0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
3337 Global climate models [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Sam Abernethy, Spark Climate Solutions, San Francisco, United States
Conveners: Yangyang Xu, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States and Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Audrey Parker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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