Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parts of the U.S. may be emitting much more of one of the most potent greenhouse gases than previously thought, according to new ...

Roughly two-thirds of all atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, comes from methanogens. Tracking down which methanogens in which environment produce methane with a specific isotope signature ...

Beneath the sunlit surface of the open ocean, trillions of bacteria are quietly producing methane in waters long assumed to ...

High above Earth, a cutting-edge satellite is zooming around the planet 15 times a day. It is hunting for leaks of methane — an invisible, super-polluting gas that is dramatically warming the planet.

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that can pack more than 25 times the global warming punch of carbon dioxide, and atmospheric methane emissions have been growing significantly since 2007. So it’s ...

Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop. Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those ...

The agency’s effort to maintain methane rules could create legal woes as it argues greenhouse gas curbs lack clear congressional backing. EPA’s plans to continue regulating methane emissions at oil ...

On any warm afternoon at a tropical reservoir, you can sometimes see it with the naked eye: clusters of bubbles breaking the ...

An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake. Sharp emission peaks near 3.3 microns reveal methane in the gas phase above ...