Funding from the foundation's Science Program is supporting interdisciplinary research at Stanford's Department of Earth System Science to advance the understanding of the main sources and sinks in the global cycle of methane, a major contributor to Earth's changing climate.
Two new, related studies inform this work. Published this week in Earth System Science Data and Environmental Research Letters, twin papers demonstrate a concerning spike in methane emissions in the last decade and outline a path to reducing these emissions in the future--especially by curbing methane emitted by food production.
Rob Jackson, co-author of the papers and chair of Stanford’s Earth System Science Department and head of the Global Carbon Project, explains: “The fossil fuel industry has received most of the attention in recent years. Agricultural emissions need similar scrutiny...We still need to cut carbon dioxide emissions, but cutting methane provides complementary benefits for climate, economies and human health.”
- Read more from Stanford News here.
- Read more from the BBC here.
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