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 ...

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 ...

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

Far more methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is being released from landfills and oil and gas operations around the world than governments realized, recent airborne and satellite surveys show.

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

Methane emissions have risen faster than ever in the past five years, Stanford scientists announced last week. It's a troubling finding: over the first 20 years after it's released, methane warms ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.