The collapse released huge amounts of methane gas, which is extremely flammable and toxic. Fearing that it could poison ...

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Michigan (U-M) have published a new study showing an ...

Methane is a greenhouse gas that, molecule for molecule, traps heat in the atmosphere more effectively than carbon dioxide, ...

The idea seems counterintuitive: after all, methane, the major component of natural gas, has been demonized by environmentalists for being a potent greenhouse gas. But a synthetic version could ...

But a given amount of methane traps at least 25 times as much heat—unless you burn it first. Then it enters the atmosphere as CO₂. That’s the other side of this Jekyll-and-Hyde story ...

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Michigan (U-M) have published a new study showing an ...

And if you burn the methane as it bubbles to the surface, it can reduce the greenhouse effect but only slightly. Since lighting it on fire turns it into carbon dioxide and water vapor, two other ...

Reducing methane emissions is the best strategy we currently have for slowing near-term global warming and avoiding potentially catastrophic climate tipping points. Plugging methane leaks also ...