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How scientists overlooked 2,500-square-mile cloud of methane over Southwest

2014-10-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Christian Science Monitor: Scientists have identified the largest hotspot of methane gas in the United States hovering over the Four Corners region of the Southwest, and the find could have big implications for how the country tracks its emissions in the future. Scientists first noticed the data years ago amid satellite measurements collected by the European Space Agency's Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY) instrument. The SCIAMACHY instrument collected atmospheric data over...

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