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by gumby 1310 days ago
I just fixed a bug like that in Wikipedia: atmospheric methane lifetime is widely quoted as being "a half life of 9.1 years". That appears in the wikipedia, with a reference to a massive document (part of IPCC's AR5) which in fact makes no such claim (about a half life I mean). But once it's entered the Zeitgeist, can the false assumption be eradicated?

(I only noticed this because the 9.1 y estimate may no longer be valid, and we are putting together a paper on the subject.)