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Puzzling methane rise in 2020 linked to pandemic lockdown effects

14 December 2022

A spike in the greenhouse gas methane in 2020 may be explained in part by a drop in nitrogen oxide emissions during the covid-19 pandemic
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Cutting air pollution could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent

1 June 2022

Analysis of air pollution and crop health via satellite imagery suggests that limiting emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent
Satellites find close to 800 methane leaks in past four years

Satellites find close to 800 methane leaks in past four years

8 November 2021

Earth observation satellites have detected leaks of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, in the US, Algeria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

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