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This visual represents the increase of methane in the atmosphere each year, from your chosen birth year () to 2024, as individual rings. Each ring grows outward from the centre and is colour-coded based on how much atmospheric methane concentrations increased that year.

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In , the atmospheric concentration of methane was XXXX parts per billion (ppb). Over the last XX years, it has risen to XXXX ppb—a XX increase.

For centuries before the Industrial Revolution, methane levels remained relatively stable at around 700 ppb. ^[1]

Increase of methane in the atmosphere

The colour of each ring reflects how methane concentrations increased in that year, ranging from the lowest to the highest levels recorded between the chosen year () and 2024.

Design and Creation by Nadieh Bremer / Visual Cinnamon
Data from IPCC & NASA