Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphere. The chemical signature of methane released from fracking is found in the atmosphere, pointing to shale gas operations as the culprit.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Methane concentrations are rising rapidly, reaching 1,931 ppb in January 2024—over 2.5 times pre-industrial levels—and have accelerated in recent years.

PARIS, France, May 12, 2025 (ENS) – Measures to tackle methane emissions are often cost-effective and could have brought an extra 100 billion cubic meters of gas to market in 2024, but now the ...

Methane leaks from sites like rice paddies, landfills, dairy farms and coal mines could be plugged with the help of gas-guzzling bacteria, helping to curb near-term global warming. Later this year ...

Methane doesn’t smell, but if a biodigester is releasing other gases that stink, it’s probably also releasing methane. Leaks are easily controlled but much tighter regulation is needed to ...

The result is a new, non-GMO plant that generates 70 percent less methane while still generating plenty of grains: The global average yield of rice is 4.71 tons per hectare, while this new variety ...

As outlined by the EPA, excess methane produced in 2024 could result in a fee of $900 per ton, with fees rising to $1,200 per ton in 2025 and $1,500 per ton by 2026.

What we committed. At COP28, the World Bank launched its Methane Reduction Blueprint to accelerate action towards ‘triple wins’ of methane abatement: limiting warming, building resilience, and ...

But researchers are also now considering removing another powerful greenhouse gas: atmospheric methane, or CH4. But no viable technology exists yet to do so at scale.

Methane from fossil fuels, on the other hand, is heavier, with more C13 atoms. As the amount of methane has risen in the atmosphere over the past 15 years, it’s also gotten lighter and lighter.

In case you haven't heard, the methane in cow burps is a major source of greenhouse gases. There may be a new way of addressing that problem, however, as a recent study shows that feeding cows ...

The cause of mysterious methane spikes on Mars may be a strange form of alien life — or it may just be interesting chemistry. Either way, something odd is happening on the Red Planet.