Massive exploding methane craters are tearing Siberia apart and scientists finally know why
Scientists uncover the mechanics behind Siberia's explosive craters as warming drives methane release.
Tag: methane
NASA’s methane satellite just mapped its first plumes
Methane is a big problem for our climate. This satellite can now see it from above.
Researchers spot five new hydrothermal vents that can help us study alien life
Hydrothermal vents are some of the most interesting geological phenomena on the planet.
Mind-boggling methane leaks in Turkmenistan surpass entire carbon emissions of UK
The most infuriating thing about this is that methane leaks aren't all that hard to fix.
Gas stoves leak methane even when not in use
They do not do the
Turning leaked methane into fishmeal would turn a profit while helping the environment
Why not turn a problem into an asset?
Begone, methane: Over 100 countries pledge to cut methane emissions
If countries deliver, it could make a big difference to the climate crisis.
Heatwaves in Siberia are now releasing methane trapped in the rocks
Potent greenhouse gas is leaking from rock formations
Lightning discharges help clean the air of some greenhouse gases
We only found this out by accident.
Inactive oil wells are a big source of methane emissions
Uncapped oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane into the atmosphere and surface water each year.
Titan’s largest methane sea is over 1000 feet deep, says a new paper
We don’t know exactly how deep because our radar couldn't pierce through all of it.
Global methane emissions reach record high, pushed by fossil fuels and agriculture
This is bad news. We could be reaching a 4 degrees warming by 2100.
US underestimates methane emissions from offshore oil and gas platforms
Platforms emit twice as much methane than previously thought.
We’ve significantly underestimated how much methane humanity emits
"Most of the methane emissions are anthropogenic, so we have more control," the authors say.
New electricity-based method to produce hydrogen could slash 1% of the world’s CO2 emissions
1% might sound small, but taken on a planetary level -- it's a whole lot.
One research team proposes swapping atmospheric methane for CO2, and it might be a good idea
It's not the best solution, but it could help.
Yes, there is methane on Mars, new study reports
Exciting times for Mars science.
China’s coal mines emit more methane despite policy aimed at reducing emissions
These measures "failed to produce a detectable decrease or decline in methane emissions associated with coal production," the team writes.
Termites recycle their methane — scientists want us to copy them
This isn't the first time we've tried copying termites.
One Icelandic glacier-volcano duo is emitting 20 times more methane than all other volcanoes in Europe
When glaciers fall to the dark side, methane happens.
Thawing Arctic lakes are bubbling methane, greatly amplifying global warming
An understudied phenomenon may double the amount of methane released into the atmosphere by the thawing Arctic permafrost.
The U.S. oil and gas industry is leaking a lot of methane — again
The emissions total around 13 million metric tons.
First topographic map of Titan reveals surprisingly Earth-like features
The intriguing moon Titan just became even more interesting.
Atmospheric methane on Mars changes with the seasons — and we don’t really know why
We don't want to say there's life on Mars... but there could be life on Mars.
Thousands of methane-filled bubbles are waiting to explode in Siberia
Some of the craters are 50 meters deep.
The lid stays shut on methane emissions despite Pruitt’s wishes, Columbia Court of Appeals judges rule
A major blow for the Trump administration.
Cassini finds canyons flooded with liquid hydrocarbons on Titan
NASA's ever-resourceful Cassini probe found steep-sided canyons on Saturn's moon Titan.
New NASA image shows first cloud on Pluto
Pluto really is crazy!
Underwater ‘lost city’ turns out to be a geological formation
It's way older than divers thought.
Researchers find hundreds of methane leaks at well pads in nation-wide thermal imaging study
The Environmental Defense Fund’s Oil and Gas program has released a new nation-wide report of the most common sites of ...
This GMO rice tackles global warming by emitting 100 times less methane
Following a three-year-long trial in the rice of fields of China, scientists report a new genetically modified strain that promises ...
Lakes on Titan might have formed like sinkholes on Earth
Researchers from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been trying to figure ...
Massive Methane Hotspot Over the US Might Signal Bigger Problems to Come
A "massive methane hotspot" sounds pretty bad... and bad it is - much worse than previously thought. In 2014, NASA ...
NASA finds methane on Mars, indicates life may have existed
After an exhaustive analysis conducted over a year and a half, NASA's Curiosity Rover has finally confirmed the existence of ...
NASA Rover Finds Evidence of Organic Chemistry on Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover has discovered a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical which may indicate that there actually was ...
Abandoned wells can be ‘super-emitters’ of greenhouse gas
Princeton University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown and potentially substantial source of methane emissions: abandoned oil and gas wells. ...
Scientists have finally climbed to the bottom of one of Siberia’s mysterious holes
Scientists have finally climbed to the bottom of one of Siberia’s mysterious holes, and they have come up with some ...
NASA confirms there’s a huge cloud of methane over southwest US
A cloud of methane gas about the size of Delaware was detected over the Four Corners area of the American southwest ...
US drinking water contaminated with gas because of faulty wells, but not fracking
Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images Stanford researchers traced back methane leaks from contaminated drinking water in ...
‘Widespread methane leakage’ from ocean floor off US coast
A sonar image of a new methane plume discovered off the US east coast. A worrying report states that over 500 ...
Mysterious Siberian craters attributed to methane. Permafrost methane release might have begun
The "mysterious" craters in Siberia have actually been caused by methane seeping from the melting permafrost. No rockets, no meteorites, ...
Turning methane leaks from fracking into gasoline; an interesting option, but not enviro friendly
Hydraulic fracking has grown to unimaginable hights in the past few years, growing by some 20% a year, and reaching ...
Study Estimates US Emits 50 Percent More Methane Than it Claims
The United States is spewing 50 percent more methane than the official federal government estimates, a new study concludes. The ...
New affordable fuel cells might spark microgrid revolution – a new age of energy independency
A mockup of the fuel cell prepped for released by Redox Power Systems. There's been a lot of praise and ...
Curiosity finds no methane on Mars, surprises NASA
A lab exemplification of the measurement chamber inside the Tunable Laser Spectrometer, an instrument that is part of the Sample ...
Huge methane deposits trapped in seabed sediments might get released due to warmer waters
Gulf Stream flow diagram. Scientists have found hints that methane deposits, tucked away in seabed sediments, have began to breakdown ...
Human induced greenhouse emissions were plenty before industrial age
A lot of the climate change models today are based under the assumption that greenhouse gas emissions weren't that significant ...
Earth’s prehistoric atmosphere was covered in a haze similar to Saturn’s moon, Titan
If you think today's urban air, thickened with noxious smog, is terrible, just imagine how the Earth was filled in ...
