The amount of methane in the atmosphere is growing, but it’s not coming from where you think.

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By Amy McDermottOct 6, 2016, 7:52 pm77 pts
While methane from fracking and other fossil-fuel activity hasn’t increased over the last 10 years, agriculture, landfills, and wetlands are getting gassier, according to a new study in Nature. From 2007 to 2013, methane emissions rose by about 28 million tons a year. No one knew why. Fires, fossil fuels,…

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