Methane (CH4)

Pre-Industrial concentration = 0.8 ppm (parts per million) or 800ppb or 0.00008%

2000 concentration = 1.866 ppm (parts per million ) or 1860 ppb = 0.000186%

Percent increase = 1060 ppb/800 ppb * 100 = 132%

Methane concentrations have more than doubled since the Industrial Revolution

 

 

Sources of methane

Sources of methane (EPA)

U.S. Sources of methane

US Agricultural Emmissions of Methane