How secretive #methane leaks are driving #ClimateChange

19 Jul 2022

"There is an open secret in the oil and gas industry and it is feeding the climate crisis.

"Massive methane leaks, known as super-emitter events, have been taking place at oil and gas fields all over the world, from the #UnitedStates to #Turkmenistan. The releases, most of which can be traced to equipment failures, can last for weeks. One outside of a storage facility in #LosAngeles in 2015 hemorrhaged almost 100,000 tonnes of methane — a potent #GreenhouseGas — into the atmosphere over the course of four months.

"In June, researchers at Spain’s Polytechnic University of Valencia, said they uncovered the latest known super-emitter event at an #OilAndGas platform in the #GulfOfMexico . The installation discharged 40,000 tonnes of methane during a 17-day spell in December 2021 — equivalent to 3 per cent of #Mexico’s annual oil and gas emissions. Researchers said the release may never have been known to the public if not for the fact that it was captured by a #EuropeanSpaceAgency satellite.

"While the discharge was caught, it remains challenging to trace emissions of methane, which is colourless, odourless and responsible for more than 25% of the global warming the Earth is experiencing today. Due to its structure, methane traps more #heat in the atmosphere per molecule than carbon dioxide (CO2) making it 80 times more harmful than #CO2 during the 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere.

"As countries develop plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst effects of climate change, experts say it's vital to have a better handle on how much methane is being released into the atmosphere, including from super-emitter events. Cutting human-caused methane by 45 per cent this decade would keep warming beneath a threshold outlined by the #ParisAgreement.

"The big challenge is knowing exactly how much [methane] is being emitted, where it is being emitted and for how long it has been emitted."

Read more:
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-secretive-methane-leaks-are-driving-climate-change

#ExxonKnew #MethaneLeaks #OilAndGasIndustry #OilAndGas #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ExxonKnew #USGovernmentKnew

Letzte Woche stand im Zeichen der Raumfahrt. Ich hatte zu zwei Debatten im Parlament geladen und eine Ausstellung zum Thema Weltraumschrott im EP organisiert. Warum das Thema so wichtig ist, könnt ihr im Gastbeitrag lesen, den ich für mehrere Europäische Medien geschrieben habe.
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EUobserver: [Opinion] #LowEarthOrbit is becoming dangerously congested with larger and larger #satellites and increasing lethal debris. Both the #EuropeanSpaceAgency and #NASA have raised the alarm.
@nnienass
#EUWeekInReview
https://euobserver.com/opinion/157213
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/nnienass/status/1678032158135586817

Adelaide woman to become first female to train as astronaut under Australian flag
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-08/first-woman-to-train-as-astronaut-under-australian-flag/102069080

#STEM #Space #Science #ESA #EuropeanSpaceAgency #AustralianSpaceAgency

This image provided by #NASA and the #EuropeanSpaceAgency shows images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500-800 million years after the #BigBang. One of the sources (bottom left) could contain as many stars as our present-day #MilkyWay, but is 30 times more compact (NASA via #AP)

#jwst #galaxies

https://apnews.com/article/webb-space-telescope-galaxies-e806176f01487742e9973e99adb24418

This image provided by #NASA and the #EuropeanSpaceAgency shows images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500-800 million years after the #BigBang. One of the sources (bottom left) could contain as many stars as our present-day #MilkyWay, but is 30 times more compact (NASA via #AP)

#jwst #galaxies

https://apnews.com/article/webb-space-telescope-galaxies-e806176f01487742e9973e99adb24418

ESA's Gaia finds exoplanet with nuclear fusion reaction at its core

An international team of scientists led by Professor Sasha Hinkley at the University of Exeter in England used data from the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft to discover an exoplanet, HD 206893 c.

Analysis of the data revealed that the planet wa...

#Exoplanet #Gaia #EuropeanSpaceAgency #HD206893c #NuclearFusion #SustainingLife #GoodNews #Weltverbesserer #WorldImprover #DoGood #NRWSocial

https://interestingengineering.com/science/exoplanet-with-nuclear-fusion-reaction

ESA's Gaia finds exoplanet with nuclear fusion reaction at its core

An international team of scientists led by Professor Sasha Hinkley at the University of Exeter in England used data from the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft to discover an exoplanet, HD 206893 c.

Analysis of the data revealed that the planet wa...

#Exoplanet #Gaia #EuropeanSpaceAgency #HD206893c #NuclearFusion #SustainingLife #GoodNews #Weltverbesserer #WorldImprover #DoGood #TroetCafe

https://interestingengineering.com/science/exoplanet-with-nuclear-fusion-reaction

ESA's Gaia finds exoplanet with nuclear fusion reaction at its core

An international team of scientists led by Professor Sasha Hinkley at the University of Exeter in England used data from the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft to discover an exoplanet, HD 206893 c.

Analysis of the data revealed that the planet wa...

#Exoplanet #Gaia #EuropeanSpaceAgency #HD206893c #NuclearFusion #SustainingLife #GoodNews #Weltverbesserer #WorldImprover #DoGood #MastodonSocial

https://interestingengineering.com/science/exoplanet-with-nuclear-fusion-reaction

Space Heroines // Während meiner AiSR bei der #EuropeanSpaceAgency & KeD habe ich mich mit der Frage beschäftigt, wie stark unser Bild vom Weltraum, sowohl in der Raumfahrt, wie der Popkultur durch männliche (Helden-)Figuren geprägt ist. Als Antwort darauf habe ich eine Serie weiblicher Superheldinnen entwickelt, die im Weltraum für Recht und Ordnung sorgen und gegen #Weltraumschrott kämpfen. Die Serie kommentiert ein männlich geprägten Selbstverständnis der Raumeroberung. Generiert mit #DALLE2.

Latest work: contemporary interpretation of the fairy tale "Sterntaler" [Grimm Brothers "The Star Money"]. The work was realized during my Artist-in-Science Residence at #EuropeanSpaceAgency where I dealt with #spacedebris. The work is a collaboration with the German photographer #AndreasZierhut, the residency was hosted by #KultureinerDigitalstadt in #Darmstadt.

#starlink #SpaceX

NASA’s DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an Asteroid—on Purpose

https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-dart-spacecraft-smashes-into-an-asteroid-on-purpose/

#EuropeanSpaceAgency #planetaryscience #Science/Space #Spacecraft #CrunchTime #Asteroids #Astronomy #Science #comets #space #NASA

NASA Delays the Launch of Its Giant Moon-bound Rocket

https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-delays-the-launch-of-its-giant-moon-bound-rocket/

#EuropeanSpaceAgency #Science/Space #Spacecraft #Science #Artemis #rockets #space #NASA #moon