FOCUS: Annual global methane emissions soar in last 2 decades

Annual global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have risen by almost 10 percent in the past two decades despite international pledges to act in combating climate change, a recent study by a multinational team of scientists found.The surge resulted in a record high concentration of the sunlight-absorbing gas in the atmosphere in 2017, the latest year for which comprehensive data is available, with the emissions reaching 596 million tons, the Global Carbon Project said.Over 90 scientists involved in the project gathered data from some 100 observation stations around the world bet…READ FULL ARTICLE