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New Research Sheds Light on Methane Hydrate Deposits Under Seafloor
At a Glance Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is approximately 25 times more effective at trapping heat than…
More climate-warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reported – here’s how satellites can find the leaks and avoid wasting a valuable resource
Riley Duren, University of Arizona Far more methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is being released from landfills and…
Study Reveals Sharp Rise in Methane Emissions from Earth’s Wetlands
At a Glance Wetlands, Earth’s most prominent natural source of methane, have seen a significant increase in methane…
Antarctic Study Reveals Surprising Link Between Seawater Temperature and Methane Emissions
Summary of: Submarine Accumulations of Methane Hydrates in Adjacences of Marambio Island (Seymour Island), Antarctica and Its Probable…
Is There Any End to Our “Cow Emissions” Problem? (And Can Seaweed Help?)
With approximately 1.5 billion cows on Earth, one for every five people, their contribution to climate change through…
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’
Soaring wetland emissions of methane mirror those which accompanied previous abrupt changes in Earth’s climate. I. Noyan Yilmaz/Shutterstock…