Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane
Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane
Satellites are playing a growing role in identifying methane sources as the international community focuses on curbing emissions.
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NIfty! Is this data available to the general public? There's some places I'd like to check.
27 0 ReplyYes. Among others https://www.ghgsat.com/en/pulse/
29 0 ReplyThe resolution isn't great for the free account, and one can definitely see where the methane emissions are coming from. I checked a few of the oil fields in my state. :-( At least it's not as bad as TX. smh
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because i am an idiot, i thought satellites were somehow causing methane emissions and was super curious how that was possible.
It isn't, i am as i said stupid
16 0 Replysat contrails!
9 0 ReplyChemtrails*
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15 1 ReplyMeat and dairy industry. Don't need satellites to know that.
14 1 ReplyAlso leaking oil and gas infrastructure, as well as rice paddies among other sources. Tools like this are useful for doing things like enforcement of the methane emissions tax the US recently imposed on oil and gas facilities
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Carbon tax! Carbon tax!! Carbon tax!!! CARBON TAX!!!!
10 0 ReplyIt's methane, and in the US a methane tax on the biggest emitting oil and gas operations just went into effect
5 0 ReplyYeah, I could have said CO2e, but that's just not as much fun to chant.
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Could we … burn it out of the atmosphere?
4 0 ReplyIt oxidizes after a few years; problem is that we are adding more at a rate faster than it breaks down
14 0 ReplyHow about drone strikes then? Like big undeclared man made sources of methane get a drone up the corn hole.
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According to the reports, the source appears to be...
YO MAMA!
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