During the COVID-19 pandemic, the atmosphere temporarily lost its ability to break down methane, leading to a huge spike in ...

As the world shut down due to COVID, causing less traffic like trains, planes and automobiles, scientists expected the planet to get a break from harmful pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and methane.

In a paradox of air pollution, a decrease in man-made pollutants led to more methane in our atmosphere. And natural wetlands released more of the planet-warming gas at the same time ...

Methane comes in different isotopic signatures. Methane from fossil fuels like natural gas leaks or coal mines is heavier, ...

Methane levels in Earth’s atmosphere surged faster than ever in the early 2020s, and scientists say the reason was a surprising mix of chemistry and climate. A temporary slowdown in the atmosphere’s ...

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with strong heat-trapping capabilities. Although there is less methane in the atmosphere ...

Researchers have released an initial assessment of the emissions data MethaneSat gathered before it suddenly went dark. The ...

Methane spiked in the early 2020s as wetter conditions boosted emissions at the same time the atmosphere’s chemical “cleaner” weakened.

ZIMBABWE has embraced climate-smart livestock farming as part of broader efforts to curb methane emissions, strengthen farmer livelihoods and enhance national food security. ZIMBABWE has embraced ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Poland has been identified as Europe’s largest “super-emitter” of methane from coal mining operations, according to a new report by energy think-tank Ember, which warns that vast ...

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s Piscataway Bioenergy Project serves those counties. And the facility in Accokeek turns “poop to power” by converting the methane gas from biosolids — the ...

A combination of weakened atmospheric removal and increased emissions from warming wetlands, rivers, lakes, and agricultural ...