Uranus has not had a whole lot of love from NASA and has been explored by a probe only once. Voyager 2 sent back spectacular ...

Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, but there is far less of it in the atmosphere and it does not stay there as long. Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon ...

Methane is a greenhouse gas that, molecule for molecule, traps heat in the atmosphere more effectively than carbon dioxide, though over a much shorter timescale (decades versus centuries).

Methane also escapes into the air when coal, oil and natural gas are extracted from the Earth. Some farmers collect methane gas from animal waste. The methane can be pumped into the mains gas ...

The idea seems counterintuitive: after all, methane, the major component of natural gas, has been demonized by environmentalists for being a potent greenhouse gas. But a synthetic version could ...

Mar. 11, 2022 — It is well known that methane, a greenhouse gas, is produced by special microorganisms, for example in the intestines of cows, or in rice fields. For some years, scientists had ...

In the oil and gas industry, the challenge is to address different types of emissions, such as direct methane from leaks and venting, as well as the carbon dioxide that’s emitted during combustion.