Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oilfield on the US/Canada border. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odourless when it appears from a well. Credit: Orjan ...

The University of Copenhagen released a new study showing that Greenland absorbs more of the greenhouse gas methane than it emits. “On average and since 2000, dry landscapes of the ice-free part ...

Methane is the most prevalent greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide that tends to leak into the atmosphere undetected from drill sites, gas pipelines and other oil and gas. The fee started at $900 ...

Methane doesn’t last as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, but it’s a much more powerful greenhouse gas. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, landfills are the biggest ...

The data gathered by MethaneSAT — which we launched into orbit on March 4, 2024 — will help measure methane pollution from oil and gas facilities worldwide, with both broad scope and exacting ...

College of Safety and Emergency Management Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China ...

State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Arctic glaciers are leaking significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Glacial melt rivers and groundwater springs are transporting large volumes of methane from ...

The flasks were then crimp top−sealed and stored at 4°C. Before analysis, a headspace was introduced by replacing 5 mL of water with 5 mL N 2 gas, and the samples were allowed to equilibrate for ...

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