Seismic events that coincided with sudden drops in pressure within the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines in September 2022 alerted the world to the rupture of pipelines in the western Baltic Sea. The suspected act ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 4, 2024
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Climate talks often revolve around reducing the most dangerous greenhouse gas CO2.
Environment
Nov 21, 2023
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After carbon dioxide, methane is the second most common greenhouse gas caused by human activity. Moreover, over a 20-year period, its global warming potential is more than 80 times that of carbon dioxide. The largest known ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2023
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In the U.S., we may often think of landslides as primarily a West Coast problem, mostly plaguing the mountainous terrain of California, Oregon, and Washington. A technical session at the upcoming GSA 2023 Joint Southeastern ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2023
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On the night of September 26, near the end of the calm season on the Baltic, a broiling kilometer-wide circle disturbed the face of the sea and a huge mass of methane erupted into the air. The gas formed a cloud that crossed ...
Environment
Oct 11, 2022
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Following unusual seismic disturbances in the Baltic Sea, several leaks were discovered last week in the underwater Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, near Denmark and Sweden. Neither pipeline was transporting gas at the ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 6, 2022
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Natural gas transported by interstate pipelines contains hazardous air pollutants and known human carcinogens, according to a first of its kind study published in Environmental Research Letters by researchers at the nonprofit ...
Environment
Sep 20, 2022
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For the first time, scientists, using satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions, are now able to detect individual methane plumes leaking from natural gas pipelines around the globe.
Environment
Mar 4, 2021
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More than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines run throughout the United States. In Appalachia, they spread like spaghetti across the region.
Environment
Feb 3, 2021
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Future offshore oil and gas fields are most likely to be "satellite developments" that are less expensive and emit less greenhouse gasses than other fields because they do not require new production platforms. An innovative ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2020
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