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Lo que una nueva orden ejecutiva significa para frenar las emisiones de metano

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 18 January 202218 January 2022

La orden ejecutiva de Biden llama a considerar una nueva regulación de metano que viene justo después de un nuevo análisis global del impacto del combustible en el cambio climático.

A selfie of NASA’s Curiosity rover, in the northwestern part of Gale crater
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Turn Back Time to Track Methane Emissions on Mars

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 14 January 202224 April 2024

Period spikes of methane on Mars could originate inside Gale crater, where NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently exploring.s

Two illustrations of arctic lakes show the relative carbon dioxide and methane release, for the cases with and without widespread permafrost
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Hot Lakes in a Cold Climate

by David S. Schimel 31 December 202119 October 2022

Arctic warming may release less carbon dioxide from high latitude lakes but increase their climate impact by releasing more methane.

Conceptual diagram illustrating the seasonal shifts in the relative importance of downstream flux verses emission losses across headwaters with different land-water interfaces in the boreal landscape (from top to bottom: forest, wetland, and lakes.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Export of Different Carbon Types from a Boreal Catchment

by Ilja van Meerveld 2 December 202123 February 2022

Carbon export in boreal catchments depends on the landscape setting and differs for snowmelt and rainfall events.

A researcher at one of the study’s sites in Cameroon
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Exploring Methane Emissions from Africa’s Tropical Forests

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 10 November 202129 April 2022

Global methane budgets suffer from a lack of field studies in African forests, but new research sheds light on methane emissions and uptake from upland forests in the Congo Basin.

Image of gas hydrate cubes burning
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Forecasting Geohazards in the Age of Gas Hydrate Exploitation

by Fanni Daniella Szakal 3 November 202131 July 2023

A curious breath-like pattern exhibited by gas hydrates may help forecast hazards associated with extracting them from the seafloor.

Lac des Dix reservoir of the Grande Dixence Dam in Hérémence, Switzerland
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Researchers Zero In on Methane Released from Reservoirs

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 October 20212 November 2021

Using new methods, researchers can estimate how much methane is released each day from reservoirs—an important step in estimating global methane emissions.

Plot of methane emissions with time, noting the target amount for 2050
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Bottom-up Meets Top-down Estimates of Wetland Methane Emissions

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Eric Davidson 15 September 20212 November 2021

An innovative integration of models and satellite observations indicates weak temperature sensitivity of CH4 emissions from tropical wetlands, but temperature sensitivity is high at higher latitudes.

Aerial view of an instrumented tower rising above forest canopy near a river
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NEON Lights a Path for Sustained Ecological Observations

by M. SanClements and P. Mabee 28 June 202114 February 2024

Resources and data offered by the National Ecological Observatory Network are supporting researchers investigating critical ecosystem changes across the country.

Projections for increases in protein production, methane emissions, and the effects of improving efficiency on reducing livestock methane emissions
Posted inEditors' Highlights

What’s the Beef About Methane?

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Eric Davidson 26 May 202120 October 2021

Progress has been made to reduce methane emission intensity from livestock (the amount of methane per unit of protein), but where are the greatest opportunities to reduce this methane source further?

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