It's short-lived but its planet-heating effects are much stronger than CO2. But a new report says action on cutting methane is too slow. Where does it come from, and what can we do to stop it ...

Sharon Wilson has been documenting methane emissions in Texas for 20 years. Here's what she thinks of the new methane pledge inked by world leaders. Reading time 8 minutes GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Methane ...

Methane is a greenhouse gas that pollutes the atmosphere. It has an atmospheric lifetime of about 12 years. This gas has a big impact on heating up the planet. Per unit of mass, methane can warm up ...

President Biden was at the United Nations climate summit (COP26) in Glasgow today, announcing that more than 90 countries will try to cut methane emissions by at least 30% by the end of the decade.

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy ...

Satellites are giving cities a clearer view of methane emissions from landfills, turning hard-to-spot leaks into actionable ...

Money is a sticking point in climate-change negotiations around the world. As economists warn that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will cost many more trillions than anticipated, WSJ ...

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In the fight against climate change, the focus is usually on carbon dioxide, or CO 2 — and for good reason. It’s a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere for years, trapping in heat for ...

Nearly 12,000 feet beneath the Greenland Sea, in darkness and crushing pressure, the Freya Hydrate Mounds are quietly ...

It's been known for nearly a century that swarms of single-celled organisms thrive by consuming chemicals from their ...