I’ll note that while methane is responsible for something like 30% of the observed warming oil and gas leaks are only part of that.
Edit: Washington Post coverage
Edit: New York Times coverage
I’ll note that while methane is responsible for something like 30% of the observed warming oil and gas leaks are only part of that.
Edit: Washington Post coverage
Edit: New York Times coverage
Here are some animations from 2017 with a similar mission object.
There is also this Map from 2016 by Nasa titled “Mapping Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuel Exploitation”:
Here is some real data from Sential 5P an ESA satellite:
https://maps.s5p-pal.com/ch4/
That’s fascinating! Looks like there are some seriously leaky pipelines in Russia and Algeria. They need to get on that.
I wonder why there is a large emission source along what looks like the northern Appalachians? I wasn’t expecting that.
The coal mines.
Ah ok, thanks!