Tag Archives: methane
EPA will roll back rules on methane emissions
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce plans to roll back regulations on methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change. The Trump Administration is seeking to do away with Obama-era requirements, which man...
Researchers discover climate-friendly way of extracting hydrogen from oil
Scientists have discovered a way to extract hydrogen from oil without releasing greenhouse gases -- a move they've hailed as a "silver bullet" for the climate. Hydrogen is already used by some car manufacturers to power vehicles and is also burned to...
NASA just witnessed its biggest methane gas emission on Mars
NASA has confirmed that the Curiosity rover recently detected the "largest amount of methane ever measured during the mission." The levels were enough to pause the rover's activities as scientists sought more answers: Methane is a gas typically produ...
Curiosity rover finds gas levels on Mars hinting at possibility of life
It's easy to get jaded about potential signs of life on Mars, but a recent discovery might raise eyebrows. The New York Times has learned that NASA's Curiosity rover has detected "startlingly high" levels of methane -- the gas typically produced by l...
NASA’s Cassini data shows Titan’s lakes are stranger than we thought
NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft made its fateful plunge into Saturn's atmosphere in 2017, but scientists are still using the data it sent home to make surprising discoveries. Two papers published in Nature Astronomy reveal new information about the...
Researchers want to store excess renewable energy as methane
One of the major drawbacks to renewable energy sources like wind and solar is that we don't have an effective way to store excess energy. When the wind blows, we might have more than enough energy to feed the grid, but we can't store the surplus. The...
Icelandic Glacier is Producing More Methane Than All European Volcanoes Combined
Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas that is almost 30 times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide. It traps large amounts of heat and warms the planet. The gas is produced by both...
U.S. Oil and Gas Industry is Leaking 60% More Methane Than Estimated
Methane emissions released from U.S oil and gas industry are far greater than official estimates, a new study reveals.American industry emits 13 million metric tons of methane gas every year - much...
Methane Dunes Discovered on Pluto’s Surface
NASA's New Horizons mission revolutionized our understanding of Pluto when it made a close flyby of the distant world in July 2015. Among its many discoveries were strange formations similar to...