The ruptured Nord Stream pipelines have produced the single largest methane release into the atmosphere ever recorded, according to the United Nations.
The highly concentrated methane leaking from the natural gas pipelines widely suspected to be the result of sabotage was detected by the UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) earlier this week.
“This is really bad, most likely the largest emission event ever detected,” IMEO chief Manfredi Caltagirone told Reuters on Friday. “This is not helpful in a moment when we absolutely need to reduce emissions.”
