Chasing Methane : Big Brother is watching!

Methane bubbling out of the arctic, accelerating the amplification of temperature rises in that region, plus a billion or so belching cows around the world spewing out millions of tons of CH4 every year. Are these the only culprits for increased methane in our atmosphere? Two companies have recently launched satellites specifically designed to establish exactly that.

Research links


https://www.ghgsat.com/who-we-are/our-satellites/satellite-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4YqZhrkhA

https://www.methanesat.org/2019/09/23/milestone-methanesat-inks-contract-for-remote-sensing-instrument/

https://www.edf.org/climate/how-methanesat-is-different

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/methane/

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2019/08/fracking-boom-tied-methane-spike-earths-atmosphere

https://www.wired.com/story/atmospheric-methane-levels-are-going-up-and-no-one-knows-why/

https://www.iea.org/tcep/fuelsupply/methane/

https://www.ghgsat.com/who-we-are/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shale_gas_in_the_United_States

https://www.methanelevels.org

https://www.2degreesinstitute.org

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/30/how-the-us-fracking-boom-almost-fell-apart

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/12/financial-crisis-crushed-record-oil-prices-but-another-boom-looms.html

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/080814/how-fracking-affects-natural-gas-prices.asp

https://www.ghgsat.com/methanesat/

https://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2019/04/02/ghgsat-plans-to-launch-iris-satellite-this-summer/

https://www.google.com/search?q=rex+tillerson%27s+house&client=safari&rls=en&sxsrf=ACYBGNRq4EiwpwpfXC7sYFmmDIP8tjr2fg:1570367769184&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP4LHo24flAhU2QUEAHcD5ByAQ_AUIEigC&biw=1496&bih=882#imgrc=7t8uYSvELMXGvM:


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