A new analysis of satellite data finds that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by increased inundation and water storage in wetlands, combined with a ...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a much stronger short-term effect on warming than carbon dioxide. Over the near-term ...

But methane emissions remain stubbornly high. MARS can help transform these pledges into progress, says Coutto. It’s the only ...

Satellites circling Earth have many different functions, including navigation, communications and Earth observation. About 8%–10% of all active satellites are military or "dual use" serving ...

The data used in this map of the global atmospheric methane average in 2021 was retrieved from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, using the WFMD retrieval algorithm developed at the University ...

Article continues below this ad Methane’s ability to warm the planet is nearly 30 times greater than carbon dioxide’s over 100 years, and more than 80 times over 20 years.

Monitoring atmospheric methane is a global endeavor involving terrestrial, airborne and satellite sensors. Japan began monitoring methane from space with the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite ...

Scientists are now racing to explain what's causing methane — CO2's potent sidekick — to build up in the atmosphere at an alarming pace.

An EDF scientist told me the hope is that the data from this satellite will help move more oil and gas companies to clean up their methane pollution, which would have a positive climate impact.

A new satellite designed to track global methane pollution is set to launch from California on Monday, taking the next step toward a goal of increasing accountability for some of the world’s ...

An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates said ...

Atmospheric methane increase during pandemic due primarily to wetland flooding Date: September 24, 2024 Source: North Carolina State University Summary: A new analysis of satellite data finds that ...