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Historical Methane (CH 4 )<br />

Concentrations<br />

• The same bubbles used to get ancient air for CO 2<br />

measurements can be used to measure methane.<br />

• This plot is similar to the<br />

one above for CO 2<br />

except now we’re<br />

looking at methane.<br />

• You see the same rise<br />

in concentration at<br />

around 1800 when the<br />

industrial revolution was<br />

starting<br />

• Similar techniques used<br />

to measure CO 2 from the<br />

past are used to<br />

measure methane.<br />

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