'Worrisome': Global methane spike imperils climate goals, study warns
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Worrisome': Global methane spike imperils climate goals, study warns

Raw Story  

Methane emissions are rising faster than expected, a new study has warned, and the surge is putting global climate goals at risk. The study, published Monday in Frontiers in Science, found that methane emissions have risen quickly since 2006, with the growth rates for atmospheric methane seeing an "abrupt and rapid increase" in the early 2020s. "The growth rate of methane is accelerating, which is worrisome," lead study author and Duke University climate scientist Drew Shindell, toldThe Guardian. "This study shows that emissions are expected to continue to increase over the remainder of the 2020s if no greater action is taken and that increases in atmospheric methane are thus far outpacing projected growth rates," the authors wrote. "It is imperative to rapidly reduce methane emissions to reduce the accelerating climate damages so many people around the world are suffering," Shindell said in a statement.

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The Arctic is changing. And not for the better, scientists say
1 week, 5 days ago

The Arctic is changing. And not for the better, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The Arctic is warming up to four times the global rate, and we need accurate, holistic, and comprehensive knowledge …

Earth is heating up faster than expected and humans are not ready for it
1 month ago

Earth is heating up faster than expected and humans are not ready for it

India Today  

The world is heating up at an alarming rate, with the last two years, 2023 and 2024, setting new temperature records. As negotiators reach finals rounds of negotiations in Azerbaijan for COP29, the latest round of UN climate change talks, the urgency of addressing global warming has never been more apparent. Land areas are typically warming faster than the global …

COP29: Planet-heating pollution to hit all-time high, dashing hopes it would start to drop in 2024
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: Planet-heating pollution to hit all-time high, dashing hopes it would start to drop in 2024

CNN  

CNN — Global levels of planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels will hit record levels this year, according to new projections, dashing hopes 2024 would be the year they plateau or fall. “The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly dramatic, yet we still see no sign that burning of fossil fuels has peaked,” said Pierre Friedlingstein, a climate professor at …

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold

Salon  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors global heating, announced on Thursday that the year 2024 will be 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. "This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming Climate Change Conference, COP29.” "This latest record sends another stark …

"Alarm bells ringing" as report finds greenhouse gas emissions growing faster than ever
1 month, 3 weeks ago

"Alarm bells ringing" as report finds greenhouse gas emissions growing faster than ever

Salon  

The World Meteorological Organization, released its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin earlier this week, reporting that humans are emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at a faster rate than ever before, contributing significantly to climate change. The WMO reports historically high levels of the greenhouse gasses methane and nitrous oxide, which like carbon dioxide are common byproducts of human industry. These …

Greenhouse Gas Levels Soar to Record, Warns WMO
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Greenhouse Gas Levels Soar to Record, Warns WMO

Live Mint  

Greenhouse gas levels hit record highs in 2023, with annual mean CO2 levels soaring by 2.3 PPM. This is the twelfth consecutive year of increasing CO2 levels, and the year 2023 also emerged as the warmest on record, surpassing the 2016-level. The rise in greenhouse gases is a major concern, as it contributes to climate change and extreme weather events. …

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

A new study unpacks the last 485 million years of Earth's temperature history
3 months ago

A new study unpacks the last 485 million years of Earth's temperature history

Salon  

Climate change deniers inaccurately claim that Earth's rapidly rising temperatures are the mere product of natural cycles. "As a scientist, I’m always cautious of the word 'prove,' but our work demonstrates the important role that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations play in controlling Earth’s temperature," Emily Joan Judd, the lead study author and paleontologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural …

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame
3 months, 1 week ago

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

Associated Press  

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds. “Methane is a climate menace that the world is ignoring,” study lead author Rob Jackson, head of the Global Carbon Project, which is a group of scientists who monitor greenhouse gas emissions yearly. …

Researchers warn methane emissions ‘rising faster than ever’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Researchers warn methane emissions ‘rising faster than ever’

Al Jazeera  

The largest increases in emissions of the greenhouse gas come from China and Southeast Asia. The potent greenhouse gas, the second-largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, has increased by 20 percent over the past two decades despite global efforts to curb it, according to a study published by the Global Carbon Project. “Anthropogenic emissions have continued to increase …

Human activity now fuels two-thirds of global methane emissions, report finds
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Human activity now fuels two-thirds of global methane emissions, report finds

LA Times  

The world is moving in a perilous direction when it comes to planet-warming methane emissions, which are soaring to record highs driven largely by human activity, new research warns. Although many people associate methane with cow burps and melting permafrost, a paper published this week in the journal Earth System Science Data found that global methane emissions over the last …

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame

New Indian Express  

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds. Tuesday’s study finds that in 2020, the last year complete data is available, the world put 670 million tons of methane in the air, up nearly 12% from 2000. “Methane is a climate …

United by common challenges
6 months, 3 weeks ago

United by common challenges

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY China and the US can work together to reduce methane emissions while ensuring global food security To limit global warming, it is essential to curb methane emissions, which have 86 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide and can cause significant temperature increases within the next two decades. The US released its US Methane Emissions Reduction Action …

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again

Associated Press  

The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Methane’s decadal spike should terrify us,” said Stanford University climate scientist Rob Jackson, who heads the Global Carbon Project that tracks worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide but wasn’t part of NOAA’s …

US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds
9 months, 1 week ago

US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds

Associated Press  

American oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as the government thinks, causing $9.3 billion in yearly climate damage, a new comprehensive study calculates. About 40% of the global methane emissions from oil, gas and coal could have been avoided at no extra cost, which is “a …

Methane emissions from energy sector rose in 2023: IEA
9 months, 1 week ago

Methane emissions from energy sector rose in 2023: IEA

The Hindu  

“Planet-heating methane released by the fossil fuel industry rose to near record highs in 2023 despite technology available to curb this pollution at virtually no cost,” the International Energy Agency said on March 13. “Slashing emissions of methane — second only to carbon dioxide for its contribution to global warming — is essential to meeting international targets on climate change,” …

Methane emissions from energy industry are triple what government thinks, study finds
9 months, 1 week ago

Methane emissions from energy industry are triple what government thinks, study finds

LA Times  

A flare burns at a well pad in North Dakota. American oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as the government thinks, a new comprehensive study calculates. “If we can get this roughly 1% of sites under control, then we’re halfway there because that’s about half of …

Energy industry methane emissions rise close to record in 2023
9 months, 1 week ago

Energy industry methane emissions rise close to record in 2023

Al Jazeera  

Emissions of greenhouse gas responsible for a third of global warming ‘unacceptably high’, says energy watchdog. Methane emissions from the energy sector approached record highs last year, the International Energy Agency warned. In a report released on Wednesday, the global watchdog said the fossil fuel industry’s emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, responsible for about 30 percent of global warming, …

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years

Daily Mail  

The Earth exceeded 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit of warming in a 12-month period for the first time since scientists began recording global temperatures. Last year was the hottest year on record, and scientists suspect El Niño and global warming combined to make it the hottest year in 100,000 years. Climate predictions that came true In the late 1970s, petroleum company ExxonMobil …

What the world must do to tame methane
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What the world must do to tame methane

Hindustan Times  

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. As cop28, the UN’s climate summit, gets underway in Dubai, it is greatly encouraging, therefore, that the chances of such a deal on methane are good. America will soon finalise regulations to reduce methane emissions from its huge oil and gas sector, including measures that cover leaky pipelines and storage. Methane control seemed to …

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The findings are hardly surprising, but a global gut-punch nonetheless: 2023 has been confirmed as …

The greenhouse gas breakthrough that should give us hope
1 year ago

The greenhouse gas breakthrough that should give us hope

The Independent  

Cop28 has been mired in controversy over comments by its host, Sultan al-Jaber, about whether it’s necessary to phase out fossil fuels to limit global warming. “The signs coming from the Cop28 are all positive to that end, with a lot of progress being made on reducing methane emissions, as well as the pledge to triple renewables by 2030, which …

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
1 year ago

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

CNN  

CNN — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Climate pollution from all fossil fuel types — coal, oil, and natural gas — increased around the world, the Global Carbon Project found, …

US targets oil and natural gas industry’s role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions
1 year ago

US targets oil and natural gas industry’s role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection Agency said the rule will sharply reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants generated by the oil …

COP28: Philanthropies to invest $450 million in next 3 yrs to help countries tackle methane
1 year ago

COP28: Philanthropies to invest $450 million in next 3 yrs to help countries tackle methane

Firstpost  

Their announcement comes as the United States, UAE and China prepare to make several announcements at the U.N. COP28 climate summit on Saturday on raising more finance to tackle methane, and countries step forward with new plans to curb those emissions. A group of nearly a dozen well-funded philanthropies declared on Saturday their commitment to invest $450 million over the …

COP28 turns attention to potent methane emissions
1 year, 1 month ago

COP28 turns attention to potent methane emissions

The Hindu  

Climate talks often revolve around reducing the most dangerous greenhouse gas CO2. Gas leaks and cow burp The majority of methane emissions -- around 60% -- are linked to human activity, the IEA says, while some 40% is from natural sources, mainly wetlands. The energy sector -- coal, oil and gas -- is the second largest source of human caused …

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’
1 year, 1 month ago

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’

The Hindu  

Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released on November 20, 2023. The annual Emissions Gap report, which assesses countries’ promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces between 2.5°C and …

Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN

The Hindu  

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned on November 15. The UN's World Meteorological Organization said levels of the three main greenhouse gases — the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all broke records last year. "Despite decades of warnings …

UN says greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit record high in 2022
1 year, 1 month ago

UN says greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit record high in 2022

Al Jazeera  

Leader of UN’s meteorological agency says the world is still ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and must cut use of fossil fuels. The United Nations says the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere surged to new highs last year as climate change fuelled extreme weather across the globe. In a bulletin released on Wednesday, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization …

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: U.N.
1 year, 1 month ago

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: U.N.

The Hindu  

The world is “failing to get a grip” on climate change, the U.N. warned on November 14, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade. In a report released just weeks before high-stakes climate negotiations, the United Nations climate change organisation said the world was failing to act with sufficient urgency to …

Boost in solar energy and electric vehicle sales gives hope for climate goals, report says
1 year, 2 months ago

Boost in solar energy and electric vehicle sales gives hope for climate goals, report says

The Independent  

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Global warming rate speeds up at 0.2 degrees celsius per decade, scientists warn
1 year, 6 months ago

Global warming rate speeds up at 0.2 degrees celsius per decade, scientists warn

Hindustan Times  

Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update. From 2013 to 2022, "human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade," they reported in a peer-reviewed study aimed at policymakers. World leaders will be …

Planet warming at ‘unprecedented rate’, study finds
1 year, 6 months ago

Planet warming at ‘unprecedented rate’, study finds

Al Jazeera  

Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate of 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade, scientists say in a new study. From 2013 to 2022, “human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of more than 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade,” 50 top scientists warned on Thursday in a sweeping climate science update. World leaders will be confronted with the …

Only around 13% of global methane emissions regulated: Study
1 year, 7 months ago

Only around 13% of global methane emissions regulated: Study

The Hindu  

Researchers have showed through a review that only around 13% of global methane emissions are regulated, despite methane emissions causing at least 25% of current global warming. The researchers focused on 281 policies worldwide, 255 of them currently in force, that aim to monitor and reduce methane emissions examining the geographical coverage, strength and effectiveness of the policies. But fossil …

Cause and Effect | The underestimated threat in our fight against climate change
1 year, 7 months ago

Cause and Effect | The underestimated threat in our fight against climate change

Hindustan Times  

While the world focuses on cutting carbon dioxide emissions in its battle against rising global temperatures, CO2’s evil twin, Methane, has largely remained under the radar. According to the International Energy Agency’s Global Methane Tracker, the energy sector added about 135 million tonnes of methane in the atmosphere in 2022. With existing technology, a reduction of 75% is possible in …

Methane big part of ‘alarming’ rise in planet-warming gases
1 year, 8 months ago

Methane big part of ‘alarming’ rise in planet-warming gases

Associated Press  

Methane in the atmosphere had its fourth-highest annual increase in 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported, part of an overall rise in planet-warming greenhouse gases that the agency called “alarming.” Though carbon dioxide typically gets more attention for its role in climate change, scientists are particularly concerned about methane because it traps much more heat — about 87 …

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100
1 year, 9 months ago

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100

Associated Press  

Greenhouse gas emissions from the way humans produce and consume food could add nearly 1 degree of warming to the Earth’s climate by 2100, according to a new study. “I think the biggest takeaway that I would want to have is the fact that methane emissions are really dominating the future warming associated with the food sector,” said Catherine C. …

It would take less than 3% of Big Oil’s profits to clean up methane emissions
1 year, 10 months ago

It would take less than 3% of Big Oil’s profits to clean up methane emissions

Salon  

Oil companies and governments have pledged to slash methane emissions in recent years, but so far have little to show for it. The group condemned the oil and gas industry for failing to address this problem even as it saw record profits last year, driven up by a tighter energy market following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The technology needed to …

Energy agency chief: “No excuse” for high methane emissions
1 year, 10 months ago

Energy agency chief: “No excuse” for high methane emissions

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — The International Energy Agency on Tuesday accused fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions and undermining global climate goals to limit warming. Economic uncertainty, high energy prices and concerns over the security of supply — which should have led to emissions cuts in 2022 — were ineffective as methane emissions remained “stubbornly high,” …

IEA chief accuses fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions
1 year, 10 months ago

IEA chief accuses fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions

India Today  

The International Energy Agency on Tuesday accused fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions and undermining global climate goals to limit warming. Economic uncertainty, high energy prices and concerns over security of supply, which would have led to emissions cuts in 2022, were ineffective as methane emissions remained “stubbornly high,” the report said. “There is just …

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster

LA Times  

New climate data show that 2022 was among the hottest years on record but that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions just keep rising. Another study showed the amount of heat being taken up by Earth’s oceans reached another record high last year. And it’s another stark reminder that despite some recent progress on climate policy, such as the passage of the …

Climate Change: Planet-heating CO2 emissions rise in 2022
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Change: Planet-heating CO2 emissions rise in 2022

Live Mint  

A new climate science report, released today, states that in 2022, planet-heating CO2 emissions are set to rise by 1% over last year’s emissions. The annual study, prepared by Global Carbon Project, an international research project, shows that instead of decreasing, CO2 emissions are continuing to rise. The UN Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change has repeatedly stated that in order …

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

Associated Press  

As the world warms and extreme weather events mount, governments and corporations have been called on to address climate change by top officials, climate scientists and activists and to curb levels of heating. ___ Scientists and officials agree that it’s important to not make matters worse by burning even more fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — that …

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ___ Scientists and officials agree that it's important to …

U.N. weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021
2 years, 1 month ago

U.N. weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021

The Hindu  

The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said on Wednesday, calling it an “ominous” sign as war in Ukraine, rising costs of food and fuel, and other worries have elbowed in on longtime concerns about global warming in recent months. Of the three main types of heat-trapping greenhouse gases …

UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021
2 years, 1 month ago

UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “ominous” sign as war in Ukraine, rising costs of food and fuel, and other worries have elbowed in on longtime concerns about global warming in recent months. Of the three main types of heat-trapping greenhouse …

Methane from flaring by oil companies much bigger threat to climate than previously thought, study warns
2 years, 2 months ago

Methane from flaring by oil companies much bigger threat to climate than previously thought, study warns

The Independent  

The 160-year-old oil industry practice of flaring to burn off associated emissions during petroleum extraction could be releasing five times more amount of methane in the US than previously thought, according to a new study. Based on the new findings, researchers, including those from the University of Michigan in the US, say fixing issues with flaring can cut greenhouse gas …

Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change

Associated Press  

LENORAH, Texas — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin. And it was only one of 533 methane “super emitters” detected during a 2021 aerial survey of the Permian conducted by Carbon Mapper, …

Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

Hidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Asked if she believed in climate change, Stansel responded: …

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