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Extracting natural gas from shale could do more to
aggravate global warming than mining coal, according to a Cornell study by Dr.
Robert Howarth that was published in the May issue of Climatic Change Letters
(105:5).
While natural gas has been touted as a clean-burning fuel that
produces less carbon dioxide than coal, ecologist Robert Howarth from Cornell
University warns that we should be more concerned about methane leaking into the
atmosphere during hydraulic fracturing.
Natural gas is mostly methane
(CH4), which is a much more potent greenhouse gas, especially in the short term,
than carbon dioxide (CO2). Join Robert Howarth and BCSEA moderator Guy Dauncey
for a Webinar on this topic.
For an introduction, see this Cornell News
article: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April11/GasDrillingDirtier.html
Dr.
Robert Howarth chairs the International SCOPE Biofuels Project, is Past
President of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation, directs the
Agricultural Ecosystems Program at Cornell University, and represents the State
of New York on the science and technical advisory committee of the Chesapeake
Bay Program. He is also the Founding Editor of the journal "Biogeochemistry" and
served as its Editor-in-Chief from 1983 to 2004. Rob was also honored as one of
Time Magazine's 'People Who Mattered' in 2011. |
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Global Warming
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