Study finds big gap in Australia's methane emissionsAustralian coal mines may have vastly underestimated historical methane emissions, according to analysis of the potent greenhouse gas publi...
16 Apr, 2025, 06.38 PM IST
Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew most greenhouse gas of world citiesNew data reveals that cities, particularly in Asia and the United States, are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Shanghai tops...
15 Nov, 2024, 02.00 PM IST
ONGC, ISRO in talks to use satellites to track methane leakONGC collaborates with ISRO to utilize its satellites for accurate and cost-effective methane leakage detection across India, aiming to cut...
07 Oct, 2024, 11.52 PM IST
Methane: a powerful gas heating the planetGlobal forum in Geneva shifts focus to methane emissions, a significant contributor to rising greenhouse gases. Efforts to cut methane from...
18 Mar, 2024, 01.35 PM IST
Google-backed MethaneSAT satellite to track global oil industry methane emissionsThe MethaneSAT satellite will add to a growing fleet of spacecraft in orbit that are meant to help fight climate change by publishing data ...
04 Mar, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
Google to share oil and gas methane leaks spotted from spaceGoogle also said it will create a map of oil and gas infrastructure, using artificial intelligence to identify components like oil tanks. M...
14 Feb, 2024, 06.54 PM IST
With its size, economy and stature as the world’s largest democracy, India should play the lead role for G77 nations at COP 28: Robert N. StavinsThe UNFCCC focus from 1992 has been on carbon dioxide (CO2) and the role of energy generation and use in CO2 emissions. Now, it’s increasin...
30 Nov, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Indian farmers rack up carbon credits with climate-conscious waysA new method of cultivation, called direct seeded rice (DSR), reduces the overall cost of cultivation by using 12-35% less irrigation water...
21 Nov, 2023, 01.47 PM IST
Oil and gas methane emissions could be solved this decade, experts sayCurrently, oil and gas extraction, processing and distribution is responsible for 23% of global methane emissions, according to a 2021 asse...
04 Oct, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
Satellite spots huge burst of methane from Russian coal mineMontreal-based GHGSat said one of its satellites, known as Hugo,' observed 13 methane plumes at the Raspadskaya mine in Siberia on January ...
15 Jun, 2022, 10.22 PM IST
Climate: offshore methane gas leak spotted from spaceThe findings add a crucial tool to an expanding space-based arsenal for pinpointing previously invisible methane plumes from the oil and ga...
12 Jun, 2022, 06.21 PM IST
Hold your hot air, New Zealand cows!A satellite plans to track heavy emission among the bovine population.
24 Apr, 2021, 11.26 AM IST
- Trump cancels NASA system to monitor greenhouse gas cuts
Washington, May 11 (IANS) At a time when the world is struggling to fight climate change, US President Donald Trump's administration has qu...
11 May, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
NASA's gen-next laser instrument to measure methaneThe goal is to advance the concept to a point where it perhaps could be flown on a proposed mission, such as NASA's Active Sensing of CO2.
09 Feb, 2015, 05.42 PM IST
ISRO's MOM: India beats China; becomes first Asian nation to reach MarsIndian mission will be watched more closely, given that it's looking for methane, which could be proof of life. NASA's 'Curiosity' was unab...
24 Sep, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
We are not engaged in space race with China: ISROThe MOM would be launched onboard PSLV C25 on November 5 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the spaceport of Sriharikota.
27 Oct, 2013, 02.37 PM IST
- Japan to launch first Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite
In 2008 Japan would be sending into space the world’s first Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite which would not only specify the quantum o...
24 Dec, 2007, 01.20 PM IST