Is Methane a Problem for Climate?

Season 3, Episode 10

Conversation with Professors William Happer and William van Wijngaarden

In this episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth is joined by Dr. William Happer, professor emeritus of physics at Princeton University, and his colleague Dr. William van Wijngaarden, professor of physics at York University, to discuss the role of methane on Earth�s temperature. The conversation was centred around the paper, �Dependence of Earth�s Thermal Radiation on Five Most Abundant Greenhouse Gases� and the �Methane and Climate� paper written by
Professors Happer and van Wijngaarden.

Here is a link to the five greenhouse
gases paper:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.03098.pdf

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Here is a link to the Methane and
Climate paper: https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Methane-and-Climate.pdf)

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A short explanation of the above
papers:

https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/11/16/a_little_learning_on_methane_and_climate_change_864994.html

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https://www.scienceunderattack.com/blog/2022/6/27/why-theres-no-need-to-panic-about-methane-in-the-atmosphere-106

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Another summary of the methane paper:
https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Methane-the-Irrelevant-GreenHouse-Gas.pdf

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