The image is surreal: a frozen lake, a scientist kneeling on the ice, and then a sheet of flame racing across the surface as ...

As regulators investigate and lawmakers lament the Feb. 3 train derailment at the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that released carloads of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere, state officials have expressed ...

For years, countries have told the United Nations how much methane they emit using a kind of bottom-up bookkeeping: Count the ...

The world is moving in a perilous direction when it comes to planet-warming methane emissions, which are soaring to record highs driven largely by human activity, new research warns. In April of this ...

Methane clathrates may exist on moons of Saturn and Jupiter. So, it's a good thing we have them on Earth too. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

What is the environmental impact of methane? Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a potent short-livedgreenhouse gas (GHG), with a global warming potential (GWP) around 28 times greater ...

Learn how exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft may pollute the moon, potentially contaminating molecules that are billions ...

An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in the three years ending in 2022. In a new report from the Global Carbon ...

The measure, which requires oil and gas producers to detect and fix leaks of the greenhouse gas, came as the U.S. vice president spoke at the COP28 climate summit. By Jim Tankersley and Lisa Friedman ...

Have you heard about the miracle quick-fix for our climate ills? The greenhouse gas methane is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the increase in global temperature since the industrial revolution ...