Reducing air pollution could increase methane emissions from wetlands – here’s what needs to be done
Improved computer models shed light on how reducing sulphur emissions will inadvertently release methane from wetlands.
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COP26: a global methane pledge is great – but only if it doesn’t distract us from CO₂ cuts
Cutting methane emissions by 30% will help slow climate change in the short-term but could compromise longer-term goals.
Methane: war and international tensions make cutting potent greenhouse gas emissions harder
An update to the 2021 Global Methane Pledge could see tighter restrictions on oil and gas leaks.
Methane must fall to slow global heating – but only 13% of emissions are actually regulated
Major sources, like oil and gas ‘super-emitters’, are almost entirely neglected by regulations.
Methane is pitched as a climate villain – could changing how we think about it make it a saviour?
Abating methane emissions and enhancing atmospheric removal offers an opportunity to rapidly mitigate warming.
How to cut harmful emissions from ditches and canals – new research
Ditches and canals can be climate heroes.
MethaneSat: the climate spy satellite that went quiet
MethaneSat was developed to spot emission hot spots of invisible methane pollution from space. Without it, accurate methane monitoring will be incredibly difficult.
Methane in the atmosphere is at an all‑time high – here’s what it means for climate change
Recent estimates put atmospheric methane at 1,900 parts per billion – close to triple its pre-industrial average.
The fast‑fix for global warming that the UN climate summit can’t ignore
Removing so-called ‘short-lived climate pollutants’ from the atmosphere could reduce global warming – fast.
Claims of COP26’s success have been unpicked – but political journalists have repeated the spin
Mainstream reporters not familiar with the topic may spin the summit as a huge success or devastating failure.
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