Private satellites pinpoint methane emissions from oil, gas and coal facilities worldwide
When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets the lion's share of global…
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A crucial methane-tracking satellite has died in orbit
An artist’s impression of the MethaneSAT satelliteEnvironmental Defense Fund/NASA A satellite known as MethaneSAT, anticipated…
Methane Pollution Has Cheap, Effective Solutions That Aren’t Being Used
And because methane is invisible and odorless, it can be difficult and expensive to monitor…
Sea spiders ‘farm’ methane-eating bacteria on their bodies
Sea spider from the genus SericosuraBiance Dal Bó Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on…
Hot methane seeps could support life beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet
Researchers collecting rock samples in Antarctica in the 1960sPolar Rock Repository Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s…
Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill emissions
Landfills are a major source of methane emissionsNorma Jean Gargasz / Alamy Stock Photo Methane…
Supermarkets ‘must slash methane’
While fossil fuel companies face intense scrutiny, the climate impact of the meat and dairy…
Rice paddies spew methane. A new variety makes them less gassy
The poor things can’t help it, but cows are really gassy, and that’s really bad…
Rice variant slashes planet-warming methane emissions by 70 per cent
Rice fields are a major source of methane emissionsThirawatana Phaisalratana/iStockphoto/Getty Images A new variety of…
COP29: Satellites spot methane leaks – but ‘super-emitters’ don’t fix them
A methane plume at least 4.8 kilometres long billows into the atmosphere south of Tehran,…