Humans are now the primary driver of methane emissions, with the main sources stemming from agriculture, fossil fuels, landfills and waste. Here young men work on a landfill in the east end of ...

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds. Tuesday’s study finds that ...

Global methane emissions are soaring to record highs driven largely by human activity - and it’s putting climate goals at risk. The Global Methane Budget 2024, published in the journal Earth System ...

You've probably heard a lot about carbon dioxide and climate change. It's everywhere.The news talks about it constantly, ...

Humans have been tinkering with greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere for at least 2,000 years and probably longer, according to a surprising new study of methane trapped in Antarctic ice cores ...

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 ...

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

Human activities now account for two-thirds of all methane venting to the atmosphere, and our efforts to staunch the flow are not yet bearing fruit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

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SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - San Antonio unveiled a deal on Tuesday that will make it the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.

Scanning electron micrograph of Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 861 (=PS T), Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 2375 (=ALI), Methanobrevibacter smithii GRAZ-2 and WWM1085. Credit: International Journal of ...

The world is moving in a perilous direction when it comes to planet-warming methane emissions, which are soaring to record highs driven largely by human activity, new research warns. In April of this ...