It's short-lived but its planet-heating effects are much stronger than CO2. But a new report says action on cutting methane is too slow. Where does it come from, and what can we do to stop it ...

This month MethaneSAT, an $88 million, 770-pound surveillance satellite conceived by the Environmental Defense Fund and designed at Harvard to precisely track the human sources of methane being ...

Researchers spotlight how selecting cattle for lower methane emissions could deliver long-term gains in efficiency and ...

Methane is a greenhouse gas that pollutes the atmosphere. It has an atmospheric lifetime of about 12 years. This gas has a big impact on heating up the planet. Per unit of mass, methane can warm up ...

Sharon Wilson has been documenting methane emissions in Texas for 20 years. Here's what she thinks of the new methane pledge inked by world leaders. Reading time 8 minutes GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Methane ...

President Biden was at the United Nations climate summit (COP26) in Glasgow today, announcing that more than 90 countries will try to cut methane emissions by at least 30% by the end of the decade.

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...

Every year, 6,000 flasks arrive at a laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Inside each is a sample of air, taken from one of a chain of 50 monitoring stations that spans the globe. Together, these samples ...

Money is a sticking point in climate-change negotiations around the world. As economists warn that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will cost many more trillions than anticipated, WSJ ...

Innovative practices — from diet additives to regenerative grazing — can offer quick wins in the fight against global rising ...