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Engineers create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

TechXplore

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Michigan (U-M) have published a new study showing an advanced new methane flare burner, created with additive manufacturing and machine learning, eliminates 98% of methane vented during oil production.

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Why methane is a large and underestimated threat to climate goals

GreenBiz

Scientists say governments aren't factoring in the big short-term impact of rising methane emissions in meeting mid-century climate targets.

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Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy.

Grist

The poor things cant help it, but cows are really gassy, and thats really bad for the planet: Microbes in their guts produce methane a greenhouse gas up to 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide which comes out as burps. Consequently, livestock is responsible for 30 percent of humanitys methane emissions.

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Methane solutions offer down payment on our climate future

GreenBiz

Methane is a greenhouse gas that isn't talked about enough but needs to be addressed

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An AI tool may help optimize methane storage solutions

TechXplore

A new approach harnesses machine learning to search for materials to store methane, helping accelerate the adoption of methane as a cleaner alternative fuel for vehicles. The University of Michigan-led study is published in Physical Review Materials.

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Antarctica's seafloor is leaking methane, scientists confirm

Inhabitat - Innovation

For the first time, scientists have confirmed that methane leaking is from Antarctica's sea bed. They say the methane is likely escaping into the atmosphere.

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Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Planet Pulse

Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition , a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. During a single overpass on Oct. During a single overpass on Oct.

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