12,000,000 tonnes.
That's how much extra methane Siberia has released since 2010 — growing 5%/yr, compounding. Remember: methane = ~82x CO2's warming power over 20 years. West = wetter, permafrost thaw, microbial methane. East = drier, wildfire methane. Opposite mechanisms, same result.
Siberia is still just 5% of global methane. It's also the fastest-growing source on Earth. No valve to shut on that.
Coal mine methane carries that same 82x punch — and DOES have a valve. We're just not turning it.
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The one methane source we can switch off today.
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The Methane Brief No. 19
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