Recent advances toward transparent methane emissions monitoring: a review

BM Erland, AK Thorpe, JA Gamon - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Given that anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be immediately reduced
to avoid drastic increases in global temperature, methane emissions have been placed …

A global review of methane policies reveals that only 13% of emissions are covered with unclear effectiveness

M Olczak, A Piebalgs, P Balcombe - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Achieving the Paris Agreement 1.5° C target requires a reversal of the growing
atmospheric concentrations of methane, which is about 80 times more potent than CO 2 on a …

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 …

Attribution of individual methane and carbon dioxide emission sources using EMIT observations from space

AK Thorpe, RO Green, DR Thompson, PG Brodrick… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Carbon dioxide and methane emissions are the two primary anthropogenic climate-forcing
agents and an important source of uncertainty in the global carbon budget. Uncertainties are …

Inefficient and unlit natural gas flares both emit large quantities of methane

G Plant, EA Kort, AR Brandt, Y Chen, G Fordice… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Flaring is widely used by the fossil fuel industry to dispose of natural gas. Industry and
governments generally assume that flares remain lit and destroy methane, the predominant …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing national greenhouse gas budgets reported in UNFCCC inventories against atmospheric inversionsFree GPT-4

Z Deng, P Ciais, ZA Tzompa-Sosa… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
In support of the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement on climate change, this study
presents a comprehensive framework to process the results of an ensemble of atmospheric …

Risk of the hydrogen economy for atmospheric methane

MB Bertagni, SW Pacala, F Paulot… - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Hydrogen (H2) is expected to play a crucial role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
However, hydrogen losses to the atmosphere impact atmospheric chemistry, including …

Satellites detect abatable super-emissions in one of the world's largest methane hotspot regions

I Irakulis-Loitxate, L Guanter… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reduction of fossil fuel-related methane emissions has been identified as an essential
means for climate change mitigation, but emission source identification remains elusive for …

 Single-blind validation of space-based point-source detection and quantification of onshore methane emissions

ED Sherwin, JS Rutherford, Y Chen, S Aminfard… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Satellites are increasingly seen as a tool for identifying large greenhouse gas point sources
for mitigation, but independent verification of satellite performance is needed for acceptance …