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Melting Arctic glaciers expose new sources of planet-warming methane

Hundreds of groundwater springs have emerged at the base of retreating glaciers in Svalbard, and they may be adding significant amounts of methane to the atmosphere

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14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico

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Smoking chimney of a coal power plant

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Greenhouse gas levels have hit yet another record – here's why

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Gas leak at Nord Stream 2 as seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark September 27, 2022. Danish Defence Command/Forsvaret Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC2PPW947RTC

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Nord Stream leak may have been largest methane emission ever recorded

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Methane from a Nord Stream pipeline leak bubbling to the surface in the Baltic Se

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Nord Stream pipes leaked 'enormous' amount of methane into atmosphere

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Oil rig in the sea

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Satellite uses sun reflections to detect offshore methane leaks

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Methane emissions from cows spotted from space for the first time

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Methane emissions from cows spotted from space for the first time

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Example of detected methane plume over the United States on 2019-09-25 in TROPOMI (ESA) methane measurements

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Satellite images show biggest methane leaks come from Russia and US

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Aerial view of the Pantanal wetlands, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil on March 8, 2018. - The Pantanal is the largest wetland on the planet located in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, covers more than 170,500 km2 and is home to more than 4,000 species of plants and animals. This ecosystem is at risk of collapsing if the rivers' headwaters are not protected from the advance of monoculture plantations, waterways, hydroelectric plants and deforestation warn scientists and activists. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Eugenia LOGIURATTO (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Record levels of greenhouse gas methane are a ‘fire alarm moment’

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Methane's climate impact was just one truth finally accepted at COP26

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Methane's climate impact was just one truth finally accepted at COP26

At the COP26 summit, the world officially acknowledged climate science, particularly in relation to methane. But it has taken decades to get to this point and we have a long way still to go

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Methane is much worse than CO2 – here’s what we should do about it

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COP26: 105 countries pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent

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Shipping has made slow progress on climate change – can methanol help?

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