The 2022 explosion and leak of the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea resulted in the release of 485,000 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere, according to a new study of the disaster.

The methane released from the pipeline was the largest human-caused methane emissions event in history. But the magnitude of the release is twice as bad as previously thought, according to a new study conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme and published in Nature. Prior studies estimated the methane released from the disaster at between 75,000 and 230,000 tonnes.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You're just thinking twice as bad means twice as much, that's just sloppy writing.

Edit that should be "at least twice as much" too.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you. I will immediately write this down in my little black book of things that I don't give a shit about.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

Like u can read and write