Methane comes in different isotopic signatures. Methane from fossil fuels like natural gas leaks or coal mines is heavier, ...

In response to the article (The Day Sept. 13), "Norwich Public Utilities looks to join major gas line expansion project," so-called natural gas is fracked methane, a greenhouse gas and second most ...

A combination of weakened atmospheric removal and increased emissions from warming wetlands, rivers, lakes, and agricultural land increased atmospheric methane at an unprecedented rate in the early ...

Turning dangerous waste into something useful may sound futuristic, but it’s becoming a reality. Scientists from Vienna University of Technology have developed a new way to turn battery waste and used ...

NO x reacts with air to form hydroxyl radicals. These go on to destroy methane, turning it into carbon dioxide, a less potent greenhouse gas. So, less NO x inadvertently led to more methane persisting ...

Can methane flare burners be advanced to produce less methane? This is what a recent study published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research hopes to address as a team of researchers from the ...

The Supreme Court is refusing to hear several cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to implement two rules meant to reduce toxic emissions from the oil and gas industry.

An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in the three years ending in 2022. In a new report from the Global Carbon ...

As SpaceX works toward building a sustainable colony on Mars, methane has emerged as its fuel of choice. This deep dive explains why kerosene and hydrogen, despite their past success, fall short for ...

Rewetting wetlands can help lock carbon in the ground, but fully flooding them may backfire by boosting methane emissions.