New satellite will track elusive methane pollution from oil and gas industry globally: MethaneSAT
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:26 pm
New satellite will track elusive methane pollution from oil and gas industry globally
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/methane ... -1.7132770
A privately funded satellite is set to push methane tracking into a new era, once it launches into space on Monday.
A collaborative mission between Environmental Defense Fund, Google, the Government of New Zealand and several other partners, MethaneSAT will track methane emissions around the globe in attempts to identify and quantify sources spewing the climate-heating greenhouse gas.
For 20 years after its release into the atmosphere, methane gas is 80 times more harmful than carbon dioxide in its ability to increase global temperatures. But currently, the scale of methane pollution is unclear.
MethaneSAT will sweep the globe using a high-resolution infrared sensor to detect and track methane leaks from oil and gas sites worldwide.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202 ... rming.html
There will soon be a new eye in the sky that’s designed to detect emissions of methane, an invisible yet potent gas that is dangerously heating the world.
MethaneSAT will sweep the globe using a high-resolution infrared sensor to detect and track methane leaks from oil and gas sites worldwide.
Its spectrometer uses light reflected from the planet’s surface to calculate the amount of methane in the atmosphere.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/methane ... -1.7132770
A privately funded satellite is set to push methane tracking into a new era, once it launches into space on Monday.
A collaborative mission between Environmental Defense Fund, Google, the Government of New Zealand and several other partners, MethaneSAT will track methane emissions around the globe in attempts to identify and quantify sources spewing the climate-heating greenhouse gas.
For 20 years after its release into the atmosphere, methane gas is 80 times more harmful than carbon dioxide in its ability to increase global temperatures. But currently, the scale of methane pollution is unclear.
MethaneSAT will sweep the globe using a high-resolution infrared sensor to detect and track methane leaks from oil and gas sites worldwide.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202 ... rming.html
There will soon be a new eye in the sky that’s designed to detect emissions of methane, an invisible yet potent gas that is dangerously heating the world.
MethaneSAT will sweep the globe using a high-resolution infrared sensor to detect and track methane leaks from oil and gas sites worldwide.
Its spectrometer uses light reflected from the planet’s surface to calculate the amount of methane in the atmosphere.