UK underestimates oil and gas industry emissions, study finds
Researchers have found that oil and gas production could leak as much as five times more methane than the levels currently reported.
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Researchers have found that oil and gas production could leak as much as five times more methane than the levels currently reported.
Satellite data is being used to identify sites on land where people dispose of waste, providing a new tool to monitor waste and revealing sites that may leak plastic into waterways.
Data from the NASA mission EMIT will help the new initiative Carbon Mapper track the greenhouse gas methane from waste sites.
The US can deliver on methane regulation and heat pumps
Nonprofit Carbon Mapper is using observations from the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) and other NASA science instruments.