Greenhouse gas emissions reached record levels in 2009, the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday, warning that global warming could set off even greater methane emissions from the Arctic.
Greenhouse gas emissions reached record levels in 2009, the United
Nation's World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday, warning that global
warming could set off even greater methane emissions from the
Arctic
.
"Greenhouse gas concentrations have reached record levels despite the
economic slowdown. They would have been even higher without the international
action taken to reduce them," said Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of
the WMO.
"In addition, potential methane release from northern permafrost, and
wetlands, under future climate change is of great concern and is becoming a
focus of intensive research and observations."
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