A satellite that measures methane leaks from oil and gas companies is set to start circulating the Earth 15 times a day next month. Google plans to have the data mapped by the end of the year for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monday, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Environmental Defense Fund's MethaneSAT satellite. The satellite will track ...

GHGSat unveiled Pulse, a free map showing average weekly methane concentrations around the world at a resolution of approximately two kilometers per pixel. Credit: GHGSat SAN FRANCISCO – GHGSat ...

Satellites are emerging as a powerful new tool in the fight to curb emissions of methane. While methane is much shorter-lived in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it is vastly more potent at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A natural gas flare on an oil-well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota, January 21, 2016.Andrew ...

A list of the top 10 global regions where natural or anthropogenic sources emit methane on a continuous, "persistent" basis was recently published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The study ...

In the quest to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, detecting methane leaks – a potent contributor to global warming – has become increasingly vital. Researchers are harnessing ...

While carbon dioxide gets the lion's share of attention when it comes to global warming, there are other factors at play. Methane is responsible for about 30 percent of the rise in global temperatures ...

The Clock Is Ticking for New Mexico to Cut Rio Grande Water Use A Texas-Sized Water Crisis Governments Knew the Risks of Global Warming as They Chose Fossil-Fueled Growth in the 1950s and ’60s On a ...

Methane leaks from oil, gas, coal and waste sites are no longer hidden in obscure spreadsheets or behind remote fences. A fast-growing fleet of public and private satellites is now mapping those ...