The global methane budget 2000–2017

M Saunois, AR Stavert, B Poulter… - Earth System …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH 4) budget is important for assessing
realistic pathways to mitigate climate change. Atmospheric emissions and concentrations of …

Methane mitigation: methods to reduce emissions, on the path to the Paris agreement

EG Nisbet, RE Fisher, D Lowry, JL France… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The atmospheric methane burden is increasing rapidly, contrary to pathways compatible
with the goals of the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris …

Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

DJ Jacob, DJ Varon, DH Cusworth… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We review the capability of current and scheduled satellite observations of atmospheric
methane in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) to quantify methane emissions from the global …

Trends in atmospheric methane concentrations since 1990 were driven and modified by anthropogenic emissions

RB Skeie, Ø Hodnebrog, G Myhre - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The atmospheric methane trend is not fully understood. Here we investigate the role of the
main sink, the main natural source, and anthropogenic emissions on the methane growth …

Global assessment of oil and gas methane ultra-emitters

T Lauvaux, C Giron, M Mazzolini, A d'Aspremont… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Methane emissions from oil and gas (O&G) production and transmission represent a
considerable contribution to climate change. These emissions comprise sporadic releases …

Automated detection and monitoring of methane super-emitters using satellite data

BJ Schuit, JD Maasakkers, P Bijl… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
A reduction in anthropogenic methane emissions is vital to limit near-term global warming. A
small number of so-called super-emitters is responsible for a disproportionally large fraction …

National quantifications of methane emissions from fuel exploitation using high resolution inversions of satellite observations

L Shen, DJ Jacob, R Gautam, M Omara… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reducing methane emissions from fossil fuel exploitation (oil, gas, coal) is an important
target for climate policy, but current national emission inventories submitted to the United …

Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills

JD Maasakkers, DJ Varon, A Elfarsdóttir… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
As atmospheric methane concentrations increase at record pace, it is critical to identify
individual emission sources with high potential for mitigation. Here, we leverage the synergy …

Satellite-based survey of extreme methane emissions in the Permian basin

I Irakulis-Loitxate, L Guanter, YN Liu, DJ Varon… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Industrial emissions play a major role in the global methane budget. The Permian basin is
thought to be responsible for almost half of the methane emissions from all US oil-and gas …

Map** methane point emissions with the PRISMA spaceborne imaging spectrometer

L Guanter, I Irakulis-Loitxate, J Gorroño… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The detection and repairment of methane leaks from fossil fuel production activities have
been identified as a key climate change mitigation strategy. Several types of optical satellite …