Satellites find close to 800 methane leaks in past four years

Earth reflection satellites person detected leaks of methane, a almighty greenhouse gas, successful the US, Algeria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Earth 8 November 2021

By Jason Arunn Murugesu

The European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 outer tin observe methane links via infrared detection.

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Satellites person discovered adjacent to 800 methane leaks from conscionable 4 countries since November 2017. Using a caller attack to place sources of the almighty greenhouse gas, the squad down the enactment recovered that much than 2 thirds of the leaks they identified are recurring, suggesting that they could beryllium fixed done improved attraction of leaky fossil substance infrastructure.

Methane accounts for 16 per cent of greenhouse state emissions but has up to 80 times the warming …