UN Environment ProgrammeOpinion

I’ve spent the last five years tracking methane releases. Here’s why.

The world has long lacked the data it needs to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But that is changing.
Nature

Flammability Limits and Combustion Characteristics

Understanding the flammability limits and combustion characteristics of fuel–air mixtures is pivotal for both industrial safety and the advancement of energy technologies. These limits define the ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

New Report Says U.S. Should Complete an Assessment of Need for Atmospheric Methane Removal in Next Few Years

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says the U.S. should pursue a two-phase approach to understand the need and potential for atmospheric ...
NBC New York

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds. Tuesday’s study finds that ...
The Conversation

More climate‑warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reported – here’s how satellites can find the leaks and avoid wasting a valuable resource

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is being released from landfills and oil and gas operations around the world in far larger amounts than governments realized, recent airborne and satellite surveys ...
The Hill

Methane from landfills is another climate emergency. Here’s how to fix it.

This year is shaping up to be the hottest on record. And while carbon dioxide dominates the climate conversation, another powerful pollutant, methane, requires our urgent attention. In fact, reducing ...