Global methane budget in 2020

Emitters and sinks of methane, in terragrams of CH₄
Anthropogenic causes Natural causes Natural and anthropogenic causes

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* Includes inland waters, geological oceans, termites, wild animates, permafrost, vegetation
All numbers based on top-down analysis, shaded area represents the high and lows

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