According to a United Nations report, Methane gas runoff is “80 times more harmful than CO2 for 20 years after it is released.” The research paper detailed how Bitcoin miners are uniquely positioned ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Sea-level rise could cause some coastal wetlands to release huge quantities of methane gas, according to a new study that challenges how scientists view the relationship between salinity ...

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CLIMATEWIRE | Scientists are sounding the alarm that certain agricultural practices aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions are likely causing more harm than good. Research published last month in ...

The technical name for these organisms is methanotrophs and they are actually quite common in nature. They can only get the energy they need to survive and grow from methane or methanol – they can’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. Flames of burning methane near a well in the Bakken Oil ...

Rising temperatures could tip the scale in an underground battle that has raged for millennia. In the soils of Earth's wetlands, microbes are fighting to both produce and consume the powerful ...

Methane leaks from oil, gas, coal and waste sites are no longer hidden in obscure spreadsheets or behind remote fences. A fast-growing fleet of public and private satellites is now mapping those ...

Washington — Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden ...