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MethaneSAT
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- MethaneSAT is a satellite which will track and measure methane emissions at a global scale was launched recently.
- A US-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is the entity behind MethaneSAT.
- MethaneSAT will orbit the Earth 15 times a day, monitoring the oil and gas sector.
- It will create a large amount of data, which will tell “how much methane is coming from where, who’s responsible, and are those emissions going up or down over time
- Methane is an invisible but strong greenhouse gas, and the second largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide.
- It is responsible for 30 per cent of global heating since the Industrial Revolution.
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