It seems another group have independently come up with the same idea on methane which I've been working on. Of all the techniques I've considered, this is perhaps the most promising.
A Assessing a NOx mitigation technique in an extreme methane concentration scenario: The chemical and climatic consequences of rising methane and NOx concentration levels in the troposphere Zhou Luxi et al http://www.atm.helsinki.fi/FAAR/reportseries/rs-109/abstracts/Luxi%20Zhou.pdf "INTRODUCTION Methane (CH4) is a green house gas, and its global warming potential in a 20 year time horizon is 72 times that of CO2. According to the IPCC report there is possibility for a 3-fold increase in CH4 emissions by the end of this century. Besides, there is a huge deposit of frozen CH4 as clathrates in seabed, whose seepage is underway. The positive feedback between CH4 seepage from clathrates and climate warming has raised concern about a catastrophic emission of CH4 to the atmosphere. One countermeasure could be emitting NOx to accelerate the CH4 oxidation in the atmosphere. But with increased NOx, warming effects from increased O3 production may render this NOx -mitigation technique questionable" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
