Methane is the second-most common global-warming pollutant after carbon dioxide. It doesn’t stay in the atmosphere as long – only about a decade compared to centuries for carbon dioxide ...

Methane is a greenhouse gas that, molecule for molecule, traps heat in the atmosphere more effectively than carbon dioxide, ...

near the Antarctic Peninsula raises a major concern that trapped methane will be released into the atmosphere, exacerbating an already dire situation of accelerating global temperatures.

Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, but there is far less of it in the atmosphere and it does not stay there as long. Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon ...

The Golden State will soon start using satellite technology to track down greenhouse gas emissions that may otherwise go undetected from sites around such as oil and gas operations, landfills and ...

Some of the gases like carbon dioxide and methane are known as greenhouse gases. They trap heat, so more of these gases that are in the atmosphere, the hotter the Earth gets. This is called global ...

Hubble’s 20-year study of Uranus reveals dramatic atmospheric shifts, from methane mysteries to polar brightening, reshaping ...

Uranus's atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium, with a small amount of methane and traces of water and ammonia. The methane gives Uranus its cyan color by absorbing the red wavelengths of sunlight.

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance said on Tuesday that the United States and Europe should coordinate their regulations on ...

Compounds in the atmosphere such as methane and carbon dioxide absorb different wavelengths, leaving “fingerprints” that the spectrometer can identify. Methane is a major climate pollutant ...