Sacha Brewer (on ladder) doing a methane reading. Photograph provided by Amy Townsend-Small. T ownsend-Small decided to measure the methane footprint of Cincinnati’s gaslights. But first she had to ...

The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, was just a year into its mission to provide a clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from ...

But the most instantaneous and catastrophic loss of life was caused by explosions due to miner’s lamps igniting methane gas. 20th c. Canvas Mining Cap & Lamp Bracket: A miner’s light was essential to ...

An $88 million satellite designed to monitor dangerous methane leaks around the world has gone missing in space. The ...

A satellite with a climate solutions mission blasted off on a SpaceX rocket Monday. It's on a mission to detect planet-heating methane pollution from the oil and gas sector.

Some microbes produce methane, a greenhouse gas up to 45 times stronger than CO 2. But other microbes consume that methane, using oxygen to turn it into less-harmful CO 2 .

Methane is the main component in natural gas, which is used to generate electricity and heat homes around the world. Here's why it's a big deal.

Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG), with a global warming potential (GWP) around 28 times greater than the same mass of carbon dioxide emissions on a ...

For example, the instrument detected a plume of methane — also known as natural gas — at least 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) long in the sky above an Iranian landfill.

Natural gas is a much ‘dirtier’ energy source than we thought. Coal, oil, and gas are responsible for much more atmospheric methane, the super-potent warming gas, than previously known.

And while wetlands are champions at removing carbon dioxide (CO2)—the more abundant greenhouse gas—they are also the world’s largest natural source of methane. As nations set targets to bring down ...