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The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
Global Methane Tracker 2024 – Analysis - IEA
2024-03-14 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyGlobal Methane Tracker 2024 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
Tagged under: Methane
US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds
2024-03-13 in ABC NewsA new study calculates that U.S. oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as the government thinks
Tagged under: Oil Industry | USA | Methane
Climate and agriculture scientists set the record straight – emissions from the livestock sector must decline by 50% this decade, and some countries should do more than others.
2024-03-13 (or before) in Animal Law & Policy Program | Harvard Law SchoolTagged under: Methane | Farming
Methane: The Arctic's hidden climate threat : Natalia Shakhova's latest paper.
2024-03-12 (or before) in YouTubeA methane burst from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf could happen at any time and needs only a trigger. That's the conclusion of the world's leading research ...
Tagged under: Tipping Points | Methane | Arctic | Russia
Scientists Uncover Secret Driver of Climate Change
2024-03-09 in SciTechDaily - Science, Space and Technology News 2023Scientists have discovered that viruses infecting microbes significantly impact climate change by affecting methane cycling. This study, analyzing DNA from various environments, shows that the environmental impact of viruses varies by habitat. The research underscores the complex relationship between viruses, microbes, and methane emissions, suggesting the need for further exploration into viral roles in climate dynamics.
Tagged under: Methane
Global Briefing: Spain advances plans for short haul flight ban
2024-03-08 in Business GreenSpain to follow France in banning flights where rail offers viable alternative, Italy confirms coal phase out date, and Azerbaijan joins global methane pledge
Tagged under: Coal | Legislation | Methane | Italy | Spain | Aviation | Trains | France
Methane Forecasts | Copernicus
2024-03-08 (or before) in CopernicusTagged under: Climate Data | Methane
Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet
2024-02-13 in The GuardianResearch shows there has been a near-quadrupling across Greenland of methane-producing wetlands
Tagged under: Oceans | Methane | Wetlands | Sea Level
Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet
2024-02-12 in The GuardianThe huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas will doom climate targets, experts say, but stemming them would rapidly reduce global heating
Tagged under: Argentina | Methane
Manifestation of Gas Seepage from Bottom Sediments on the Sea Surface: Theoretical Model and Experimental Observations
2024-01-20 in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsThe key area of the Arctic Ocean for atmospheric venting of CH4 is the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS). Leakage of methane through shallow ESAS waters needs to be considered in interactions between the biogeosphere and a warming Arctic climate. The development of remote sensing techniques for gas seepage detection and mapping is crucially needed for further applications in the ESAS and other areas of interest. Given the extent of the seepage areas and the magnitude of current and potential future emissions, new approaches are required to effectively, rapidly, and quantitatively survey the large seepage areas. Here, we consider...
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane | Russia
Methane forecasts
2023-12-28 (or before) in ECMWF | ChartsTagged under: Methane
WTF Happened to the Methane Monster? – Watching the World Go Bye
2023-12-27 (or before) in Eliot Jacobson's Collapse of Everything BlogTagged under: Methane
Methane forecasts
2023-12-24 (or before) in ECMWF | ChartsTagged under: Methane
Sea of methane sealed beneath Arctic permafrost could trigger climate feedback loop if it escapes
2023-12-20 in Live ScienceA sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost continues to thaw due to climate change.
Tagged under: Methane
Natural gas is actually migrating under permafrost, and could see methane emissions skyrocket if it escapes
2023-12-16 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyBeneath Svalbard's permafrost, millions of cubic meters of methane are trapped—and scientists have now learned that it can migrate beneath the cold seal of the permafrost and escape. A large-scale escape could create a cycle of warming that would send methane emissions skyrocketing: warming thaws the permafrost, causing more gas to escape, allowing more permafrost to thaw and more gas to be released.
Tagged under: Global Warming | Methane
Charts | Copernicus
2023-11-19 (or before) in CopernicusTagged under: Methane
Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored
2023-10-20 in The GuardianPressure from agriculture lobbies led to role of cattle in rising global temperatures being underplayed by FAO, claim sources
Tagged under: Farming | Methane | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Natural gas isn’t natural, it’s methane
2023-10-17 by in The Climate BrinkWhen you’re at a tailgate this fall, sharing some “all-natural” hot dogs with friends and washing it down with some “all-natural” fruit punch, putting on some “all-natural” sunscreen before heading into the football game, consider why companies love to label their products as “natural”.
Tagged under: Methane
Strange methane leak discovered at the deepest point of the Baltic Sea baffling scientists
2023-10-11 in Live ScienceA huge methane leak discovered in the Baltic Sea spans 7.7 square miles, with masses of gas bubbles rising almost all the way to the ocean surface.
Tagged under: Oceans | Methane | Rivers
Seafloor Methane Tipping Point Reached!
2023-10-04 (or before) by in Titanic Lifeboat Academy - Titanic Lifeboat AcademyA catastrophe of unimaginable proportions is unfolding.
Tagged under: Methane | Tipping Points
The Climate Sleuth Uncovering Methane Leaks for the United Nations - Bloomberg
2023-09-29 (or before) in BloombergItziar Irakulis Loitxate is a 27-year-old Ph.D. student who is the closest thing the world has to climate police.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Methane | Mexico
Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ13C‐CH4
2023-09-23 (or before) in Advancing Earth and Space Sciences JournalAbstract We study the drivers behind the global atmospheric methane (CH4) increase observed after 2006. Candidate emission and sink scenarios are constructed based on proposed hypotheses in the lit...
Tagged under: Methane
We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age
2023-08-16 in Live ScienceMethane emissions from tropical wetlands have been soaring since 2006 and accelerating at the same breakneck speed as when Earth's climate has flipped from a glacial to an interglacial period.
Tagged under: Methane | Wetlands
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth's climate is part-way through a 'termination-level transition'
2023-08-14 by in The ConversationThe last time methane in the air rose so fast, Greenland warmed by 10°C within decades.
Tagged under: Methane
Climate-heating methane released from dozens of Australian fossil fuel sites, environmental group claims
2023-08-08 in The GuardianEnergy giants reject Australian Conservation Foundation’s infrared video investigation which claims gas leaks and venting at dozens of mines and facilities
Tagged under: Methane | Fossil Fuels
First Calibrated Methane Bubble Wintertime Observations in the Siberian Arctic Seas: Selected Results from the Fast Ice
2023-07-28 in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsThis paper presents the results of an acoustic survey carried out from the fast ice in the shallow waters of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) using a single beam echosounder. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate an improved approach to study seafloor seepages in the Arctic coastal zone with an echosounder calibrated on site. During wintertime field observations of natural rising gas bubbles, we recorded three periods of their increased activity with a total of 63 short-term ejections of bubbles from the seabed. This study presents quantitative estimates of the methane (CH4) flux obtained in wintertime at two levels of th...
Tagged under: Science | Data | Methane | Arctic | Russia
Evidence for massive methane hydrate destabilization during the penultimate interglacial warming | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-07-25 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceThe stability of widespread methane hydrates in shallow subsurface sediments of the marine continental margins is sensitive to temperature increase...
Tagged under: Oceans | Methane
Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad for the Climate as Coal, a Study Says
2023-07-13 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Methane
Melting glaciers are pulling the lid off an Arctic methane bomb, finds B.C. researcher - Vancouver Is Awesome
2023-07-08 (or before) in Vancouver News - Vancouver Is AwesomeA new study has found melting Arctic glaciers are releasing dangerous methane. One B.C. researcher says it's a warning sign that Canada's melting North could be part of a climate feedback loop.
Tagged under: Methane
Financing reductions in oil and gas methane emissions – Analysis - IEA
2023-06-30 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyFinancing reductions in oil and gas methane emissions - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
Tagged under: Methane
Overview – Global Methane Tracker 2023 – Analysis - IEA
2023-06-17 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyGlobal Methane Tracker 2023 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
Tagged under: Methane
Turkmenistan moves towards plugging massive methane leaks
2023-06-13 in The GuardianCentral Asian country has the worst rate of climate-heating ‘super-emitter’ events in the world
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European Scientists on the Future of Gas: We must ban new natural gas boilers at once
2023-05-26 (or before) in VŠlkommen till Kungl. VetenskapsakademienEASAC’s new report “Future of Gas” highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain.
Tagged under: Methane
‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed
2023-05-09 in The GuardianLeaks of potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, say experts, and would rapidly reduce global heating
Tagged under: COP28 | Methane | Fossil Fuels
Replacing methane with hydrogen to heat homes is a bad idea – here’s why
2023-04-26 by in The ConversationThe government is considering blending hydrogen into the UK gas network.
Tagged under: Methane
UK still well off track on pledge to cut methane emissions, study says
2023-04-12 in The GuardianAnalysis suggests government policies would achieve reduction less than half target of 30% by 2030
Tagged under: Methane
Greenhouse gas emissions rose at ‘alarming’ rate last year, US data shows
2023-04-06 in The GuardianNoaa report shows rapid increase in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fossil Fuels
Methane satellites usher in new era of emissions visibility and transparency - EDF+Business
2023-04-04 (or before) in EDF+Business - EDF+BusinessA growing ecosystem of satellites is addressing methane data access and availability head-on to show where methane emissions are coming from.
Tagged under: Methane
National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850 - Scientific Data
2023-03-30 (or before) in NatureAnthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) have made significant contributions to global warming since the pre-industrial period and are therefore targeted in international climate policy. There is substantial interest in tracking and apportioning national contributions to climate change and informing equitable commitments to decarbonisation. Here, we introduce a new dataset of national contributions to global warming caused by historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide during the years 1851–2021, which are consistent with the latest findings of the IPCC. ...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Methane | Decarbonisation
2022 Methane Emissions Report - Download - GHGSat
2023-03-30 (or before) in go.ghgsat.com2022 Methane Emissions Report - Analysis and key finding from our high-resolution satellite data. A report by GHGSat.
Tagged under: Methane
Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate change
2023-03-21 in The GuardianLatest IPCC report highlights key measures countries must take to avoid climate catastrophe
Tagged under: Methane | IPCC | Climate Change Mitigation
Switching to hydrogen fuel could prolong the methane problem
2023-03-14 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyHydrogen's potential as a clean fuel could be limited by a chemical reaction in the lower atmosphere, according to research from Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
Tagged under: Oceans | Hydrogen | Methane
Chinese rice farming trials cut methane emissions
2023-03-10 (or before) in China Dialogue | China environment and climate newsTechniques that use less water, produce more rice and emit less methane are gaining traction in China
Tagged under: Farming | China | Methane
Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5C climate target, shows study
2023-03-06 in The GuardianEmissions from food system alone will drive the world past target, unless high-methane foods are tackled
Tagged under: Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Meat Production | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Food Production and Consumption
Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
2023-03-06 in The GuardianVast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Tipping Points
Energy agency chief: "No excuse" for high methane emissions
2023-02-21 in Associated Press NewsMOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The International Energy Agency on Tuesday accused fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions and undermining global climate goals to limit warming. Economic uncertainty, high energy prices and concerns over the security of supply — which should have led to emissions cuts in 2022 — were ineffective as methane emissions remained “stubbornly high,” it said.
Tagged under: Methane
Homepage | Global Methane Pledge
2023-02-11 (or before) in globalmethanepledge.orgTagged under: Methane
Growing Body of Research Suggests Offshore Oil’s Methane Pollution Is Underestimated
2023-02-07 by in DeSmogPrevious efforts to regulate offshore methane emissions stalled, despite role in helicopter crashes.
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What Is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
2023-01-31 (or before) in Sustainable & Eco Friendly eCommerce Packaging | SR MailingThe Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is considered by many to be one of humanity’s biggest crimes against the planet – and really, just the name of it gives away the horror of what it actually is, considering the size of the Pacific Ocean. We talk a lot about what can be done to save the planet here at SR Mailing, and that’s because we’re absolutely passionate about it! The fact that there is so much to be done, and that there is so much that we can all be doing in our daily lives that can help us to save planet Earth from global warming and climate change. The issue, of course, is much, much bigger than...
Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean | Methane | Fish | Rivers | Whales and Dolphins | Wildlife | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs | California | South America | BP | Sea Level | Indonesia
Likely substantial underestimation of reported methane emissions from United Kingdom upstream oil and gas activities
2023-01-18 in RSC Publishing Home Ð Chemical Science Journals, Books and DatabasesTagged under: Methane
Tropical methane emissions explain large fraction of recent changes in global atmospheric methane growth rate - Nature Communications
2022-12-07 (or before) in NatureMethane is a powerful greenhouse gas with emissions that are challenging to constrain. Here the authors use 10 years of satellite observations and show tropical terrestrial emissions account for 80% of observed global methane increases.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Global Monitoring Laboratory - Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases
2022-12-07 (or before) in NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring LaboratoryThe Global Monitoring Laboratory conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in clouds, aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Travel emissions drop aided lockdown methane surge
2022-11-24 in miragenews.comSharp falls in transport emissions during Covid-19 lockdowns partly explain why a key greenhouse gas hit record high levels in 2020, research
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Subsea Methane Hydrates: Origin and Monitoring the Impacts of Global Warming
2022-11-23 in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsThe East Siberian Arctic shelf is the area where the largest natural gas reserves are concentrated. The formation of permafrost of the Arctic shelf during the Ice Age contributed to the emergence of a zone of stable existence of gas hydrates in the sedimentary layer, and subsequent flooding of the shelf led to its gradual degradation, the thawing of gas hydrates and the subsequent emissions of methane into the atmosphere. In the first part of the paper, we use mathematical modeling to study the processes of the formation of subsea permafrost on the Arctic shelf considering changes in the sea levels over the past 200 thousand yea...
Tagged under: Sea Level | Permafrost | Methane | Arctic | Russia
UN unveils satellite-based system to spot methane #GlobalWarming #Sustainability #ClimateCrisis [Video]
2022-11-12 in Energy News VideosThe UN unveiled on Friday a satellite-based system to detect methane emissions as part of efforts to cut down on the major contributor to global warming. MARS will use data from global mapping satellites to detect methane "hot spots" and large plumes of the gas, and identify its source, the UN Environment Programme said in a statement.
Tagged under: Africa | Methane | Sustainability
Inefficient and unlit natural gas flares both emit large quantities of methane
2022-11-01 (or before) in Science | AAASNatural gas flaring destroys much less methane than thought.
Tagged under: Methane
New map of methane 'super-emitters' shows some of the largest methane clouds ever seen
2022-10-27 in Live ScienceA NASA instrument designed to study dust has revealed that some of the largest methane clouds ever seen are floating over the US, Iran and elsewhere.
Ancient ocean methane is not an immediate climate change threat
2022-10-19 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyDeep below the ocean's surface, the seafloor contains large quantities of naturally occurring, ice-like deposits made up of water and concentrated methane gas. For decades, climate scientists have wondered if this methane hydrate reservoir might "melt" and release massive amounts of methane to the ocean and the atmosphere as ocean temperatures warm.
Tagged under: Oceans | Methane | Climate Change
Nord Stream rupture may mark biggest single methane release ever recorded, U.N. says
2022-09-30 in ReutersEurope and the United States have heaped sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, raising worries the Kremlin will try to deprive Europe of energy supplies leading into the winter. Both sides have suggested saboteurs caused the leak.
Tagged under: Methane | Climate Change | Electricity Grid
New study finds flaring source of five times more pollution than previously thought
2022-09-30 in blogs.edf.orgA new study out today in the journal Science finds that climate-warming methane emissions from flaring, the practice of burning off gas rather than capturing it for productive use, are five times higher than government estimates — primarily due to unlit and malfunctioning flares. Researchers conclud
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Atmospheric methane removal: a research agenda | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
2022-09-06 (or before) in Royal Society PublishingAtmospheric methane removal (e.g. in situ methane oxidation to carbon dioxide) may be needed to offset continued methane release and limit the global warming contribution of this potent greenhouse gas. Because mitigating most anthropogenic emissions of ...
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It’s Happened Before: Paleoclimate Study Shows Warming Oceans Could Lead to a Spike in Seabed Methane Emissions - Inside Climate News
2022-08-22 by in Inside Climate NewsThe slowdown of a key ocean current could release methane that is frozen in layers of organic seabed sediments along some of the world’s coastlines, a new study shows. Cold temperatures and high pressure on sea floors currently sequester about one-sixth of the world’s methane, a potent but short-lived greenhouse gas, in an ice-like form […]
Tagged under: Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Study suggests offshore oil and gas production in Gulf of Mexico has higher methane loss rates than typical onshore production - Carbon Mapper
2022-08-11 by in carbonmapper.orgStudy by Carbon Mapper suggests offshore oil and gas production in Gulf of Mexico has higher methane loss rates than typical onshore production.
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Radiative forcing of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide: A significant revision of the methane radiative forcing
2022-07-31 (or before) in Advancing Earth and Space Sciences JournalAbstract New calculations of the radiative forcing (RF) are presented for the three main well-mixed greenhouse gases, methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. Methane's RF is particularly impact...
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Is the Methane Catastrophe Happening Right Now? – Watching the World Go Bye
2022-07-31 (or before) in Eliot Jacobson's Collapse of Everything BlogTagged under: Methane
Warming impacts of hydrogen emissions are overlooked, underestimated: EDF
2022-07-27 in S&P Global S&P GlobalThe Environmental Defense Fund is sounding the alarm on the overlooked and underestimated warming impacts of hydrogen as emerging research shows that hydrogen's climate effects are akin to methane if
Tagged under: Hydrogen | Methane
Climate Change…Equatorial Atlantic Ocean plankton productivity and Caribbean pollution….a think piece for debate
2022-07-18 (or before) in SSRN - Social Science Research NetworkWe’ve been encouraged to think that climate change is just caused by the excess anthropogenic emission of carbon dioxide and methane, and that the impacts can b
Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change | Methane | Caribbean | Climate Change Impacts
Sir David King: Climate Leadership, COP26, and 20 Degrees of Warming?
2022-07-08 (or before) in YouTubeSir David King is interviewed by Ed Gemmell, Managing Director of Scientists Warning Europe. The interview focusses on Sir David’s analysis of COP26 and whet...
Tagged under: COP27 | COP26 | Climate Change | Methane | Activism
Climate 'tech fixes' urged for Arctic methane - BBC News
2022-07-07 (or before) in The BBCUK scientists say the threat of sudden methane release from the melting Arctic is a "planetary emergency" requiring urgent intervention.
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane
Methane Levels Hit New High, While the Cause of Rising Emissions Remains a Mystery
2022-07-05 (or before) in Yale E360Tagged under: Methane
Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought – study
2022-07-05 in The GuardianGreenhouse gas has undergone rapid acceleration and scientists say it may be due to atmospheric changes
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Climate Change
Biogas and biomethane supply chains leak twice as much methane as first thought
2022-06-19 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyA new Imperial analysis has found that biogas and biomethane, while more climate friendly, leak more than twice as much methane as previously thought.
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Deglacial bottom water warming intensified Arctic methane seepage in the NW Barents Sea - Communications Earth & Environment
2022-06-16 (or before) in NaturePhases of high bottom water temperature in the northwestern Barents Sea caused repeated destabilization of methane gas hydrates since the last glacial, according to a foraminifera Mg/Ca bottom water temperature record and hydrate stability modelling
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane
Methane leak at Russian mine could be largest ever discovered
2022-06-14 in The GuardianAbout 90 tonnes of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya mine in January, data shows
Tagged under: Methane | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Russia
MethaneSAT
2022-05-26 (or before) in methanesat.orgMethaneSAT will be the most advanced #methane-tracking satellite in space, measuring emissions other satellites can't see. A subsidiary of @EnvDefenseFund
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Greenhouse gas pollution trapped 49% more heat in 2021 than in 1990, NOAA finds - Welcome to NOAA Research
2022-05-23 (or before) in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ResearchGreenhouse gas pollution caused by human activities trapped 49% more heat in the atmosphere in 2021 than they did in 1990, according to NOAA scientists. NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, known as the AGGI, tracks increases in the warming influence of human emissions of heat-trapping gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and 16 other chemicals. The AGGI converts the complex scientific computations of how much extra heat these gases capture into a...
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Methane clathrate - Wikipedia
2022-05-21 (or before) in WikipediaTagged under: Methane
Methane Leaks in New Mexico Far Exceed Current Estimates, Study Suggests
2022-03-24 in The New York TimesTagged under: Methane
Methane Growth is Accelerating – Watching the World Go Bye
2022-03-20 (or before) in Eliot Jacobson's Collapse of Everything BlogTagged under: Methane
How the beef industry is trying to change the maths of climate change
2022-03-09 by in Greenpeace UK - UnearthedA new metric for the greenhouse gas methane could see the beef industry claim to be climate neutral without significantly cutting emissions
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Climate Change | Net Zero | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Greenpeace
Overview – Global Methane Tracker 2022 – Analysis - IEA
2022-02-28 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyGlobal Methane Tracker 2022 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Global Methane Tracker 2022 – Analysis - IEA
2022-02-24 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyGlobal Methane Tracker 2022 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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The end of natural gas has to start with its name
2022-02-10 by in VoxThe oil and gas industry didn’t invent the name. But it invented the myth of a clean fuel.
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To Counter Global Warming, Focus Far More on Methane, a New Study Recommends - Inside Climate News
2022-02-09 by in Inside Climate NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane’s climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes. The EPA’s climate accounting for methane is “arbitrary and unjustified” and three times too low to meet the goals set in the Paris climate […]
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Climate change: Satellites map huge methane plumes from oil and gas - BBC News
2022-02-05 (or before) in The BBCPlugging methane leaks from oil and gas fields could be an easy win in curbing climate change.
Tagged under: Methane | Climate Change
Satellites have located the world’s methane ‘ultra-emitters’
2022-02-03 in sciencenews.orgPlugging leaks from methane ultra-emitters would make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions — and be cost-effective for those countries, scientists say.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
COP26 Presented Forests as a Climate Solution, But May Not Be Able to Keep Them Standing - Inside Climate News
2021-11-09 in Inside Climate NewsThe first week of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, saw a global pledge to cut emissions of the climate super-pollutant methane, more than 40 countries promise to phase out coal and 20 agree to stop public funding for some fossil fuel projects. But to stop global warming soon, the world needs to remove […]
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Climate Change | Methane | Trees
Inactive oil wells could be big source of methane emissions: Geologist studies greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped, idle wells in Texas
2021-10-31 (or before) in Science DailyUncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year into the atmosphere and surface water, according to a new study.
Tagged under: Global Warming | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Texas
Home - Cut Methane
2021-10-24 (or before) in Cut MethaneMethane is an unseen CLIMATE DISASTER Methane emissions from oil and gas are tied for Europe’s third largest source of greenhouse gases – and that’s just the emissions that we’re being told about. Methane has been ignored and under-regulated for years, but anytime someone looks, we find more than what is officially reported. The true impact of methane is likely much, much bigger than we suspect.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Home - Methane Moment
2021-10-24 (or before) in Methane MomentTagged under: Methane
New evidence of UK methane pollution uncovered ahead of COP26
2021-10-23 in Clean Air Task Force - Catalyzing solutions to meet the climate challengeNew evidence of UK methane pollution has been uncovered by Clean Air Task Force during fieldwork undertaken in October 2021.
The Rate of Global Warming During Next 25 Years Could Be Double What it Was in the Previous 50, a Renowned Climate Scientist Warns - Inside Climate News
2021-09-15 in Inside Climate NewsJames Hansen, a climate scientist who shook Washington when he told Congress 33 years ago that human emissions of greenhouse gases were cooking the planet, is now warning that he expects the rate of global warming to double in the next 20 years. While still warning that it is carbon dioxide and methane that are […]
Tagged under: US Politics | Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Economic Growth - Facing Future
2021-08-21 (or before) in Facing FutureInfinite Growth on a Finite Planet “Global civilization has an operating system. It is disastrously flawed. It is killing us. It is known by two common names: money and growth economics. Money is a virus of the mind which uses humanity [and nature] for its own reproduction.” – Stuart Scott, Director of the Facing Future … Continue reading "Economic Growth"
Tagged under: Deforestation | Oceans | Farming | Wildfires | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Methane | Economics | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth | Sea Level | Trees | Sustainability
The UN's big climate report buried some bad news about our eating habits
2021-08-14 (or before) in Mother Jones - Smart, fearless journalismMethane may hold the key to deciding whether the earth continues to morph into a disaster-movie set over the next generation.
Tagged under: Meat Production | Methane | IPCC | Food Production and Consumption
Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn
2021-08-06 in The GuardianExclusive: IPCC says gas, produced by farming, shale gas and oil extraction, playing ever-greater role in overheating planet
Tagged under: Farming | COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | IPCC | Climate Change
Climate crisis: Siberian heatwave led to new methane emissions, study says
2021-08-02 in The GuardianLeak of potent greenhouse gas is currently small but further research is urgently needed, say scientists
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Russia
Study: EPA underestimated methane emissions from oil and gas development
2021-06-29 by in The HillThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has underestimated methane emissions caused by oil and gas production by as much as 76 percent, according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Cleaning Up Methane Pollution From Permian Super Emitters is ‘Low Hanging Fruit’ for the Climate, Study Finds
2021-06-04 by in DeSmogOnly a handful of super emitters are responsible for an enormous amount of the methane pollution in the Permian basin, according to a new study. And ratcheting down these emissions can lead to quick and significant wins for the climate. According to the study published on June 2 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology […]
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There’s a ticking climate time bomb in West Texas
2021-06-01 by in VoxBiden faces a critical decision about the Permian Basin and its methane emissions from oil and gas.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Methane | Climate Change | Texas
Methane and climate change – Methane Tracker 2021 – Analysis - IEA
2021-05-24 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyMethane Tracker 2021 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
Tagged under: Methane | Climate Change
Global Methane Assessment (full report)
2021-05-06 (or before) in Climate & Clean Air CoalitionTagged under: Methane
Despite pandemic shutdowns, carbon dioxide and methane surged in 2020 - Welcome to NOAA Research
2021-05-06 (or before) in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ResearchLevels of the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, continued their unrelenting rise in 2020 despite the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic response, NOAA announced today. The global surface average for carbon dioxide (CO2), calculated from measurements collected at NOAA’s remote sampling locations, was 412.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2020, rising by 2.6 ppm during the year. The global rate of increase was the fifth-highest...
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Putin sounds methane alarm, under satellite surveillance and EU pressure
2021-04-27 in Climate Home NewsThe Russian president has raised concern about the warming impact of methane emissions, calling for research collaboration but making no policy promises
Tagged under: Methane | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Our best shot to slow climate change now: Cut methane
2021-04-18 by in The HillMethane, the second biggest driver of global warming and a major contributor to air pollution, soared in 2020.
Tagged under: Methane | Climate Change
Global Monitoring Laboratory - Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases
2021-04-13 (or before) in NOAA Earth System Research LaboratoriesThe Global Monitoring Laboratory conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in clouds, aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Who will clean up the 'billion-dollar mess' of abandoned US oilwells?
2021-02-25 in The GuardianAs oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
Methane Leaks Erase Some of the Climate Benefits of Natural Gas
2021-02-11 (or before) by in Scientific AmericanThe switch from coal to gas has driven down CO 2 emissions, but leaks negate much of those gains in the short term
An Overview of Seabed Mining Including the Current State of Development, Environmental Impacts, and Knowledge Gaps
2020-11-15 (or before) in FrontiersRising demand for minerals and metals, including for use in the technology sector, has led to a resurgence of interest in exploration of mineral resources located on the seabed. Such resources, whether seafloor massive (polymetallic) sulfides around hydrothermal vents, cobalt-rich crusts on the flanks of seamounts or fields of manganese (polymetallic) nodules on the abyssal plains, cannot be considered in isolation of the distinctive, in some cases unique, assemblages of marine species associated with the same habitats and structures. In addition to mineral deposits, there is interest in extracting methane from gas hydrates on c...
Tagged under: Cobalt | Minerals | Methane | Papua New Guinea | Water Resources
Arctic methane deposits 'starting to release', scientists say
2020-10-27 in The GuardianExclusive: expedition says preliminary findings indicate that new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered
Tagged under: Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Russia
'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles'
2020-10-14 (or before) in Common Dreamsthis is the most powerful
Tagged under: Oceans | Arctic | Methane
First Methane Leak Found on Antarctic Sea Floor Confirms Researchers' Fears
2020-10-11 (or before) by in ScienceAlertScientists have, for the first time, discovered an active leak of methane gas from the sea floor in Antarctica. It is a process that's likely to accelerate the process of global heating.
Tagged under: Methane | Climate Change | Antarctic
New Study Casts Doubt On The Climate Benefits Of Natural Gas Power Plants
2020-10-09 in HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPostThe emissions and methane leaks from new gas plants zero out the CO2 cuts achieved from closing coal plants, a peer-reviewed analysis found.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Coal | Climate Change | Fracking
The meat industry’s misplaced hope over methane
2020-09-13 in Planetary Vegan - For animals and the planetThe red meat industry and many who support it have recently been highlighting an alternative method for measuring the global warming potential (GWP) of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is prom…
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane
A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change (Published 2020)
2020-09-12 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Methane
Massive mystery holes appear in Siberian tundra — and could be linked to climate change | CNN
2020-09-04 by in CNNThe dramatic 30-meter (100-feet) deep hole in Western Siberia is the latest of several to have formed in the region since 2014. Scientists think the craters are formed by an explosive buildup of methane gas but there is still a lot they don’t know.
Tagged under: Methane | Russia
In a Move That Could be Catastrophic for the Climate, Trump’s EPA Rolls Back Methane Regulations - Inside Climate News
2020-08-13 in Inside Climate NewsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a long-anticipated rollback of methane emission regulations for the oil and gas industry on Thursday, marking the latest in a long series of attacks on federal climate policy by the Trump administration. The move, which was opposed by several leading oil and gas companies, could result in a catastrophic […]
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Methane
First active leak of sea-bed methane discovered in Antarctica
2020-07-21 in The GuardianResearchers say potent climate-heating gas almost certainly escaping into atmosphere
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Antarctic
Methane rises to highest level on record
2020-07-14 in The GuardianLivestock farming and fossil fuels are main causes of rise in gas, which is 28 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat
Tagged under: Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Natural gas is a much ‘dirtier’ energy source, carbon-wise, than we thought
2020-02-20 (or before) in National GeographicCoal, oil, and gas are responsible for much more atmospheric methane, the super-potent warming gas, than previously known.
Reach ‘peak meat’ by 2030 to tackle climate crisis, say scientists
2019-12-12 in The GuardianReducing meat and dairy consumption will cut methane and allow forests to thrive
Tagged under: Farming | Methane | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. We Made It Visible. (Published 2019)
2019-12-12 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Texas
Methane and the risk of runaway global warming
2019-12-10 (or before) by in The ConversationResearch was published this week showing the financial cost of methane being released from Earth’s permafrosts. But the risks go beyond financial - Earth’s history shows that releasing these stores could…
Tagged under: Global Warming | Methane
New Zealand begins genetic program to produce low methane-emitting sheep
2019-12-01 in The Guardian‘Global first’ project will help tackle climate change by lowering agricultural greenhouse gases
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Climate Change
Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study
2019-11-15 in The GuardianMillions of tonnes belched into atmosphere as bad as shipping and aviation emissions combined, researchers find
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Coal Mine Methane - Ember
2019-11-14 (or before) in Ember | Clean Energy Policy | Coal to clean energy policyTagged under: Methane | Coal | Climate Change
Opinion | How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong (Published 2019)
2019-11-08 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Methane | Antarctic
More methane in atmosphere linked to more fracking
2019-10-29 (or before) in National GeographicThe chemical signature of methane released from fracking is found in the atmosphere, pointing to shale gas operations as the culprit.
Tagged under: Methane | Fracking
The methane gun
2019-10-18 in Julian Cribb BlogBy Julian Cribb FRSA FTSE In all the sound and fury over climate change, too little public and media attention has been devoted to the ‘methane gun’ [1] – and yet this terrifying phenomenon could u…
Tagged under: Methane | Climate Change
East Siberian Sea Is Boiling With Methane - EcoWatch
2019-10-09 in EcoWatch - For a Healthier Planet and LifeRussian scientists on an Arctic expedition have discovered, for the first time, methane "boiling" on the surface of the water that is visible to the naked eye. The methane is so pronounced that it can be scooped from the water in buckets. The research team found the methane leak east of Bennett Island in the East Siberian Sea.
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane | Russia
Industrial methane emissions are 100 times higher than reported, researchers say
2019-06-11 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyEmissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated, researchers from Cornell and Environmental Defense Fund have found.
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Industrial methane emissions are 100 times higher than reported, researchers say
2019-06-09 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyEmissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated, researchers from Cornell and Environmental Defense Fund have found.
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Harvard chemist: Permafrost N2O levels 12 times higher than expected
2019-06-06 in Harvard GazetteA recent study shows that nitrous-oxide emissions from thawing Alaskan permafrost are about 12 times higher than previously assumed. About a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in permafrost, which is thawing at an increasing rate. And, even though researchers are monitoring carbon dioxide and methane, no one seems to be monitoring N2O, the most potent greenhouse gas.
Tagged under: Oceans | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Alaska | Sustainability
Emissions from thawing Arctic permafrost may be 12 times higher than thought, scientists say
2019-04-17 in The Independent‘This needs to be taken more seriously than it is right now,’ says author of new study
Tagged under: Global Warming | Arctic | Alaska | Feedback Loops | Ice Melting | Methane | Permafrost | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change
Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that’s got scientists worried
2019-03-03 in Los Angeles TimesThe concentration of atmospheric methane has been rising, especially in the past 4 years. Scientists don't know why, but it's they say it's a problem.
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GreenHouse Gas Online - Greenhouse Gas News, Research and Resources
2019-03-03 (or before) in GreenHouse Gas Online - Greenhouse Gas News, Research and ResourcesGreenhouse Gas Online. Welcome to GHG online - Greenhouse Gas News, Research and Resources
Tagged under: Global Warming | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Methane | Kyoto Agreement
Arctic Bogs Hold Another Global Warming Risk That Could Spiral Out of Control - Inside Climate News
2019-02-19 in Inside Climate NewsIncreasing spring rains in the Arctic could double the increase in methane emissions from the region by hastening the rate of thawing in permafrost, new research suggests. The findings are cause for concern because spring rains are anticipated to occur more frequently as the region warms. The release of methane, a short-lived climate pollutant more […]
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane | Climate Change
Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets
2019-02-17 in The GuardianExperts warn that failure to act risks spike in global temperatures
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Study Discovers That This Methane Depleting Atmospheric Molecule Can Recycle Itself
2019-01-29 by in geographyrealm.comThe hydroxyl radical’s reactivity has earned it the nickname “air detergent” - because of the way it effectively breaks down other gasses in the atmosphere, especially methane.
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These Climate Pollutants Don't Last Long, But They’re Wreaking Havoc on the Arctic - Inside Climate News
2018-03-19 in Inside Climate NewsWhen people talk about climate change, the focus is often on carbon dioxide, and for good reason. The CO2 pumped into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels today will hang around for centuries, building up over time and continuing to warm the planet. It isn’t the only culprit, though. Mixing in are other pollutants that […]
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane | Climate Change
Seven facts you need to know about the Arctic methane timebomb | Nafeez Ahmed
2013-08-05 in The GuardianNafeez Ahmed: Dismissals of catastrophic methane danger ignore robust science in favour of outdated mythology of climate safety
Tagged under: Arctic | Methane
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