Methane is currently responsible for about one-third of global warming. This greenhouse gas is about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in terms of its ability to heat up the climate system ...

This cutaway shows one possible configuration for the structure of Titan’s interior, with a methane clathrate crust above a shell of convecting ice. The layers are not shown to scale.

Hints of methane on Mars go back all the way to the Mariner missions of the 1970s. But in 2013, NASA's Curiosity rover saw methane levels around it rise to several times greater than the background.

The host country, Azerbaijan, has put forward an action agenda, which includes pledges to increase battery storage capacity six-fold, dramatically expand electricity networks, and cut methane ...

or "methane hydrate," is a solid compound in which a large amount of methane is trapped within the crystalline structure of water, creating a solid similar to ice. Considering craters of similar ...

Inevitably, coal reserves are depleted as coal extraction progresses and mines are closed and abandoned. Abandoned mines continue to emit methane for many years after closure, yet their emissions ...

Methane emissions from 13 of the world's major fossil fuel producing regions have risen 7% from 2020 to 2023, according to Kayrros SA, a satellite-data analysis company. That includes the U.S ...

Sitting in his cramped office in Paris, Manfredi Caltagirone admits that one of the world’s highest-profile efforts to cut methane emissions so far isn’t stopping the gas from escaping and ...

The world's warming tropical wetlands are releasing more methane than ever before, research shows — an alarming sign that the world's climate goals are slipping further out of reach. A massive surge ...

"(James Webb Space Telescope) has just detected carbon dioxide and methane in its atmosphere which can only be produced by living beings." The post was shared more than 300 times in less than ...