"This collaboration represents a significant leap forward in U.S. efforts to monitor and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions," said Sarah Kapnick, NOAA’s chief scientist, in a statement.

JPL’s airborne greenhouse gas-monitoring program goes back decades, but the field of space monitoring is still fairly new. Near the start of 2016, NASA headquarters contacted the JPL team.

And modelled data should not replace on-the-ground observations. Such a multifaceted strategy can enhance the precision of methane monitoring, meaning that decisions are based on accurate and ...

Gas monitoring at volcanic fields outside Naples exposes multiple sources of ... ground deformation, and increased gas emissions—interaction of hot acidic fluids with calcite in the rocks also ...