Federal rule forces oil states to cut planet-warming methane emissions
Within two years, a new federal rule will force oil- and gas-producing states to crack down on methane gas emissions—a major driver of climate change.
Within two years, a new federal rule will force oil- and gas-producing states to crack down on methane gas emissions—a major driver of climate change.
Environment
Jan 18, 2024
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded a highly precise technology designed to monitor emissions of methane, a critical greenhouse gas, and other trace gases, even in harsh ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 16, 2024
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Climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, even as the economy expanded at a faster clip, a new report finds.
Environment
Jan 10, 2024
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Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere. ...
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2024
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Lobbyists from major polluting industries were out in force at the recent UN climate summit, COP28. Groups representing the livestock industry, which is responsible for around 32% of global methane emissions, want to increase ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2024
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A team of engineers and atmospheric scientists at Harvard University, working with a colleague from the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has calculated the increased amount of methane being ...
This week, representatives from nearly 200 countries reached an agreement at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels in efforts to reduce carbon emissions and stave off the worst-case ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2023
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The UK population collectively breathes out about 1,100 tons of the greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide every year. That's one key finding from our new research published in PLOS ONE.
Environment
Dec 14, 2023
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Beneath 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 ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2023
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At a massive dairy farm in the San Joaquin Valley, nearly 14,000 Holstein cows crane their necks through feeding stalls and gnaw leisurely on alfalfa.
Environment
Dec 12, 2023
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