# @cnnclimate on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CqlmTS-Prfe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/5323306-cnnclimate-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a09af88384.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-04-03T20:30:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CNN Climate (@cnnclimate) — https://gondola.cc/cnnclimate

## Caption

Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is belching out significantly higher levels of potent, planet-heating gas than previously thought, according to new research, which found the climate effects of the operations are twice that of official estimates.

The study revealed a climate impact twice as large as that estimated by government inventories, driven by high levels of methane -- a powerful greenhouse gas more than 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in its first two decades in the atmosphere.

Read more about the report at the link in bio.

📸: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CNN | @CNN | https://gondola.cc/CNN | Television News Network |
| Sofia Barrett | @sofia_barrett | https://gondola.cc/sofia_barrett | Producer |

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