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Letter: Methane leak is a drop in the global warming ocean

Published 19 October 2022

From Eric Kvaalen,<br/>Les Essarts-le-Roi, France

The estimated 177 million cubic metres of gas that leaked from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is less than 120,000 tonnes of methane 8 October, p 8. The effect of that on our climate is negligible in a world where we emit about 30 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

Issue no. 3409 published 22 October 2022

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