More information: Yuanhong Zhao et al, Air pollution modulates trends and variability of the global methane budget, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09004-z ...

"Methane levels are rising quickly, reaching 1,931 parts per billion in January 2024, which is over two and a half times higher than before industrialization," says Noce, who also highlights that ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting environments on frozen worlds in our solar system and beyond ...

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 ...

A non-linear first principle model of an industrial methane rich gas (MRG) network for a large petrochemical plant is developed in this paper. The model is validated against industrial plant data. The ...

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 ...

In 2024, two new satellites were launched to find methane super-emitters from space: the Environmental Defense Fund’s MethaneSAT took off in March 2024; and Carbon Mapper, launched later last ...

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.

Oil and gas companies will be required to pay a first-ever nationwide fee for emitting methane, a potent greenhouse gas, under a new rule finalized Tuesday. Environmental Protection Agency ...

Global methane emissions have increased rapidly over the past five years. Human-caused sources originate with livestock, agriculture, fossil fuels, landfills and other waste.

And climb. Methane concentrations, which had been stable for years, soared by 5 or 6 parts per billion every year from 2007 onward. Then, in 2020, the growth rate nearly doubled.