Google launches initiative to combat methane leaks

Satellite MethaneSAT completed assembly and is set for launch, aiming to monitor methane emissions worldwide

Are landfills the world’s methane super-emitters?

A landfill in Buenos Aires has the same climate impact as one and a half million cars, according to new research

Methane leak at Russian coal mine ‘could be the biggest ever detected’

Satellite data shows that on 14th January nearly 90 tonnes of methane were released, every hour, from the Russian mine

Europe launches fifth environmental satellite

Europe has launched a fifth environmental observation satellite as part of its Copernicus programme. Sentinel-2B was successfully launched earlier today by the European Space Agency and will help monitor the earth by providing high resolution colour and infrared images of land masses, oceans and waterways. The £95 million spacecraft joins its twin satellite Sentinel-2A, which […]