As part of this work, Conley and colleagues analyzed methane and
ethane data from 13 research aircraft flights between 7 November 2015 and 13 February 2016 — two days after the leak was finally plugged.
Not exact matches
In the new paper, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, Höglund - Isaksson estimated global methane emissions from oil and gas systems in over 100 countries over a 32 - year period, using a variety of country - specific
data ranging from reported volumes of associated gas to satellite imagery that can show flaring, as well as atmospheric measurements of
ethane, a gas which is released along with methane and easier to link more directly to oil and gas activities.
A few years later, newer
data appeared and
ethane had started to rise again.
Spectral
data also showed that the apparent lakes seem to be filled with methane and
ethane, which would be liquid on Titan's frigid surface.
«Recent
data from NSF - funded research in both Greenland and Antarctica demonstrate that fossil - fuel related emissions of both methane and
ethane, two of the most abundant hydrocarbons in the atmosphere, declined at the end of the twentieth century... causes of the decline in methane emission rates to the atmosphere have been puzzling scientists for some time.