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ArticlePhilosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2022

Is the destruction or removal of atmospheric methane a worthwhile option?

Peter B R Nisbet-Jones, Julianne M Fernandez, Rebecca E Fisher, James L France, David Lowry, David A Waltham, Ceres A Woolley Maisch, Euan G Nisbet

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Article in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Humidity-Tolerant Photocatalyst for Methane Removal.Environmental science & technology · 2026
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  2. Potential Air Quality Side-Effects of Emitting HEnvironmental science & technology · 2025
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  4. Direct Methane Removal from Air by Aerobic Methanotrophs.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024
    Review
  5. A methanotrophic bacterium to enable methane removal for climate mitigation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter B R Nisbet-JonesDepartment of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3332-9905
Julianne M FernandezDepartment of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.
Rebecca E FisherDepartment of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.
James L FranceBritish Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8785-1240
David LowryDepartment of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.
David A WalthamDepartment of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.
Ceres A Woolley MaischDepartment of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5070-145X
Euan G NisbetDepartment of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8379-857X
Royal Holloway University of London · GBBritish Antarctic Survey · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Removing methane from the air is possible, but do the costs outweigh the benefits? This note explores the question of whether removing methane from the atmosphere is justifiable. Destruction of methane by oxidation to CO

Indexed as

MethaneOxidation-ReductionMethanefugitive methane destructionmethane removalmethane removal costs

Identifiers

PMID34865528
PMCPMC8646139
OpenAlexW4200027970

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