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Methane is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. But new and better techniques to spot major emitters of the odorless, colorless gas have pushed curbing it up climate to-do lists. Scientists view reducing methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry as the cheapest and easiest way to hold down global temperatures in the near term. That could counterbalance the initial warming effect from declining use of dirty fuels -- which also pump out fine particles that r

Satellite Data’s Role in the Fight Against Climate Change Satellites provide an invaluable, bird's-eye view of planet Earth. But how—and how quickly—will the data materialize into meaningful actions? July 29, 2021 Credit: Maxar Technologies. Carbon Mapper’s footage of bright red methane plumes scattered across a grayish-violet backdrop look like angry canker sores from a distance. But the aerial footage, taken from 10,000 ft above ground, offers exactly the kind of visual evidence that Riley Duren, the chief executive officer of Carbon Mapper, hopes that US policymaker...

The Permian Basin, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, is the largest oil- and gas-producing region in the U.S. The oilfield operations emit methane, but quantifying the greenhouse gas is difficult because of the large area and the fact that many sources are intermittent emitters. Now, researchers reporting in ACS'

Fixing just the worst leaks in the Permian Basin oil field could cut methane emissions by 55 tons an hour.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) joined a project that would develop special satellites that could identify air pollution “super emitters.” NASA said in a statement on April 15 that its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California would be providing an instrument that would be built into the satellites. Carbon Mapper, the nonprofit leading the project, aims to use the satellites to provide a more targeted approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “What we’ve learned is that decision support systems that focus just at the level of nation states, or co...