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Climate change science question and answer (Australian Government Department of Climate Change)

Presents a series of questions and answers regarding climate change. Question 16 provides a brief summary of the contribution of methane to the enhanced greenhouse effect.
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/publications/science/climate-change-science-faq.aspx

One of a series of pages on the greenhouse gases and climate change. Provides a brief summary of the role of methane in the enhanced greenhouse effect.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/evidence/methane.shtml

Links to sections of a report on methane as a greenhouse gas and strategies to reduce its impact. Chapter 2 covers the climate science of methane in detail.
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/methaneuk.php

Covers the sources and sinks of methane in clear language. The human impact and potential for control of methane levels are considered in each case.
http://www.ghgonline.org/aboutmethane.htm

Contains a range of information on the science of methane, sources and emissions of methane.
http://www.epa.gov/methane/index.html

• Global methane levels move upward again (News in Science, 16 December 2008)
  Reports on an increase in methane levels after seven years of no growth.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/12/16/2447483.htm

• Methane - The forgotten gas (Catalyst, 25 September 2008)
  Covers the role of methane as a greenhouse gas and Australian measurements of historical methane levels from rock and ice samples.
  http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2373958.htm

• Animal farming and greenhouse gas emissions (Science Show, 9 August 2008)
  Reports on the contribution of animal farming to greenhouse emissions and how they could be reduced.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2008/2329287.htm

• Melting permafrost spews out more methane (News in Science, 7 September 2006)
  Reports on a study showing increasing emissions of methane from the thawing of Siberian lakes.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1735049.htm

• Methane eruption blamed for mass extinction (News in Science, 4 September 2003)
  Proposes that an explosive release of methane could have caused a mass extinction of species at the end of the Permian era.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_938770.htm

Provides a reliable and concise summary of climate change science relevant to Australia. Includes information on the predicted effects of climate change on different regions of Australia.
http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/