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Arctic methane emissions, a Common card
Arctic methane emissions contribute to a rise in methane concentrations in the atmosphere.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,700
Ranked #1,976 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Arctic methane emissions quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arctic methane emissions card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This methane release results in a positive climate change feedback, as methane is a ______ greenhouse gas.
Answer
powerful. This methane release results in a positive climate change feedback, as methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. From the Arctic methane emissions article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Catanduanes. Catanduanes 84 · Lunar south pole 72 · Arctic methane emissions 68 · Chalicotheriidae 63 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Catanduanes. Catanduanes 42,000 · Chalicotheriidae 30,000 · Scenedesmus 10,000 · Arctic methane emissions 7,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Whilst the Arctic region is one of many natural sources of the greenhouse gas methane, there is nowadays also a human component to this due to the effects of climate change.
- In the Arctic, the main human-influenced sources of methane are thawing permafrost, Arctic sea ice melting, clathrate breakdown and Greenland ice sheet melting.
- This methane release results in a positive climate change feedback, as methane is a powerful greenhouse gas.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arctic methane emissions article was read about 7,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Arctic methane emissions (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Global Carbon Project, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
