Space

Satellite tech is picking up landfill methane emissions

There are concerns that emissions from badly managed landfills could double by 2050, exacerbating the speed of climate change. About 20% of human-caused methane emissions…

Kazakhstan: Methane mega-leak went on for months

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator, the environmental impact of such a leak is comparable to that of driving more…

Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet

There have been more than 1,000 huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane from landfill waste dumps since 2019, the Guardian can reveal….

Picking the ‘low hanging fruit’: Technology key to North Sea methane abatement

A decline in gas production, maintenance activity, and improvements in the efficiency of equipment and leakage detection systems have all contributed to declining methane…

Europe’s imported methane emissions fall since start of Ukraine war

Analysis by digital MRV company Kayrros, combining satellite imagery, artificial intelligence (AI) and geoanalytics, has revealed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has transformed…

New satellite images catch world’s worst polluters red-handed: ‘Now we really know exactly where it’s coming from’

The world’s 1,300 largest methane-polluting sites have been identified from space, thanks to an endeavor by environmental intelligence company Kayrros….