Showing posts with label methane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label methane. Show all posts

Monday, December 12, 2022

Methane from Nord Stream leakages may threaten ecosystem: research

Methane from Nord Stream leakages

More than two months after the first Nord Stream gas leak was reported, methane levels are still elevated and may pose a threat to the ecosystem, researchers at a Swedish university said on Sunday.

Thursday, November 10, 2022

China to gradually enhance its ability to control methane emissions - China.org.cn

methane emissions

China will gradually enhance its ability to control methane emissions, Xie Zhenhua, special representative for Chinese President Xi Jinping and China's special envoy for climate change, said on Tuesday.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

US Space Dust Track Mission On ISS Finds 50 Methane Global Hot Spots Since July - NASA

emitters of methane around the world

The US Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission on board the International Space Station (ISS) has detected 50 global "hot spot" emitters of methane around the world into the Earth's atmosphere since July that are believed to be driving forces of global climate change, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said.

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Vietnam reconsiders methane-emitting rice amid climate crisis | Al Jazeera

methane-emitting rice

At the United Nations COP26 summit in Scotland, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined 109 countries in pledging to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.

Tuesday, November 02, 2021

US Pledges To sharply Reduce Methane Emissions - UrduPoint

US Pledges To sharply Reduce Methane Emissions


The Biden administration announced new regulations during the global climate summit on Tuesday aimed at "sharply" reducing methane emissions by the oil and natural gas industry.

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Siberia's Giant Holes to Hell

A frozen lake has been found in one of the holes, at least proving that it isn't bottomless
Two giant holes are devouring Yamal. Over the past three years they have increased significantly in size and continue to grow. The "Gates of Hell" were first discovered in 2014.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

100 companies produce 71% of global emissions : report

Some 71 per cent of global emissions are produced by just 100 companies, a new greenhouse gases (GHG) study has found.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Release of Arctic Methane "May Be Apocalyptic" :Study

A scientific study published in the prestigious journal Palaeoworld in December issued a dire -- and possibly prophetic -- warning, though it garnered little attention in the media.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Methane emission in Arctic can contribute to global warming

Scientists from the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have discovered anomalous fields where methane is emitted because of permafrost degradation on the Arctic shelf in Siberia. This can significantly change the climate on the Earth, Professor at Department of Geology and Mineral Exploration Natalya Shakova told journalists on Monday.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Microbes Solving Macro-Problems: Bacteria Used to Fight Global Warming

A newly discovered type of bacteria may save humanity from the catastrophic aftermath of global warming when all the Arctic ice melts, US researchers say.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

US sets goal to cut methane emissions by oil, gas industry

The US government on Wednesday announced a new goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025, as part of its efforts to fight climate change.

Friday, January 02, 2015

China builds world's largest coal mine waste gas recovering project.

The world's largest facility to turn excess methane gas from coal mines into electricity has been completed in north China's Shanxi Province.

The facility was completed by the Lu'an Group, which owns the Gaohe Coal Mine in the coal-rich province.