Gas Leaks Raise Climate Fears

Two Russian pipelines are leaking in the Baltic Sea, and the reason remains unexplained. The pipelines contain large amounts of methane, which is the natural gas that is most responsible for climate change, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2). According to a spokesman for one of the leaking pipelines -- Nord Stream 2 -- the system held over 300 million cubic meters of gas, the majority of which was methane. According to a chemical engineer at Queen Mary University in London, releasing that entire amount into the atmosphere would result in ∼200,000 tons of methane emissions. Experts are anxious about the implications of these leaks on the ongoing climate crisis. 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-09-27/nord-stream-gas-leaks-raise-climate-fears-but-impact-hard-to-quantify 

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