Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Carries Methane with Record-Breaking Heavy Hydrogen
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected the most deuterium-rich methane ever measured in the…
E.P.A. Loosens Methane Rules for Oil Firms
The Trump administration is moving to weaken federal rules designed to force oil and gas companies to cut…
Earth-bound scientists validate space-based methane estimates
In 2025 scientists put the methane-sensing capabilities of 12 spectral-imaging satellites to the test. Some were designed…
Scientists quantify crabs’ impact on coastal methane cycling
Looking at a crab, it’s easy to underestimate the animal’s environmental influence. But the burrowing crustaceans are…
JWST finds salt clouds in the atmosphere of a strange Pink Planet
GJ 504 b has been one of astronomy’s stranger nearby worlds for years, a faint pink companion circling…
Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Using the spectral data from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have…
Webb Detects Methane in Atmosphere of Exo-Saturn TOI-199b
Using spectral data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers analyzed the…
Melting of Greenland ice sheet could release methane ‘fire ice’
Melting glaciers, like the one in Ilulissat Icefjord, could release vast stores of methane Gerald Wetzel, Karlsruhe Institute…
Scientists Stunned As Volcano Removes Methane From the Air
The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption on January 15, 2022. Image taken from a video of the eruption.…
A New Way to Fight Climate Change Emerges From Erupting Volcano
When the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apa submarine volcano erupted in 2022, it spewed roughly 2.9 billion tons of ash…
Scientists Discover Hidden Methane Source Beneath Every Major City
Methane is one of the most powerful drivers of global warming, yet scientists may have overlooked a major…
Brussels mulls scrapping methane fines amid energy crisis – leak
The European Commission is considering suspending methane fines for oil and gas producers during gas shortages, emergency storage…