Reactive halogens increase the global methane lifetime and radiative forcing in the 21st century

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and previous studies focus on its sources with less attention on the loss. Here the authors show that reactive halogen species, not considered in climate projections, significantly reduces the methane loss, increasing its lifetime, burden, and radiative forcing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qinyi Li, Rafael P. Fernandez, Ryan Hossaini, Fernando Iglesias-Suarez, Carlos A. Cuevas, Eric C. Apel, Douglas E. Kinnison, Jean-François Lamarque, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30456-8