methane

Scientists just found a hidden factor behind Earth’s methane surge

Roughly two-thirds of all emissions of atmospheric methane -- a highly potent greenhouse gas that is warming planet Earth --…

7 months ago

NASA Data Shows Pluto’s Equator Is Lined with Towering Methane Ice Spires

The skyscraper size of methane ice might cover around 60% of the equatorial region of Pluto, a larger area than…

8 months ago

Astronomers Detect Methane in the Atmosphere of the Nearest T Dwarf Star to Earth

The scientists have found methane in the atmosphere of WISEA J181006.18 −101000.5, the T dwarf closest to Earth. The study…

12 months ago

Technology for oxidizing atmospheric methane won’t help the climate

As the atmosphere continues to fill with greenhouse gases from human activities, many proposals have surfaced to "geoengineer" climate-saving solutions,…

1 year ago

Turning carbon emissions into methane fuel

Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could…

1 year ago

Atmospheric methane increase during pandemic due primarily to wetland flooding

A new analysis of satellite data finds that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was…

2 years ago

Researchers find unexpectedly large methane source in overlooked landscape

When Katey Walter Anthony heard rumors of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, ballooning under the lawns of fellow Fairbanks residents,…

2 years ago

AI analysis of historical satellite images show USSR collapse in 1990s increased methane emissions, despite lower oil and gas production

The collapse of the former Soviet Union in 1991 had social, political and economic effects worldwide. Among them was a…

2 years ago