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In 2025 scientists put the methane-sensing capabilities of 12 spectral-imaging satellites<\/a> to the test. Some were designed specifically to measure atmospheric methane; others were repurposed for the task. Now the researchers have shared their results: each of the satellites can be used to detect methane, but some are better than their counterparts for quantifying the potent greenhouse gas (Nature 2026, DOI: 10.1038\/s41586-026-11115-0).<\/p>\n \u201cThis experiment is the latest in a series of studies that have come out of the Brandt Group lab<\/a> at Stanford [University],\u201d says Frances Reuland<\/a>, a PhD student in the engineering lab. Each project has focused on the ability of various technologies to measure methane leaks on Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 In 2025 scientists put the methane-sensing capabilities of 12 spectral-imaging satellites to the test. Some were designed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[97867,273,181196,311636,96242,20816,6080,111,139,69,16610,147,117555],"class_list":["post-635679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-analytical-chemistry","tag-environment","tag-gases","tag-greehnouse-gases","tag-greenhouse","tag-measurement","tag-methane","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-satellites","tag-science","tag-space-based"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}