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Natural Gas Production Causing Large Methane Hotspot Over U.S. Southwest
2014-10-10 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A single methane hotspot in the U.S. Southwest accounts for 10 percent of the nations total estimated methane emissions, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Michigan and Caltech. The area is centered in New Mexico's San Juan Basin near the shared borders of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona -- the site of the largest and most active coalbed natural gas production operation in the U.S. Natural gas from the basin is more than 95 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping...
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Biggest U.S. methane source spotted from space
2014-10-10 17:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: A remote, coal-rich patch of the Southwest produces the highest methane concentrations in the United States, a new study reports. The methane hotspot is centered over New Mexico's San Juan Basin, where some 40,000 wells suck out natural gas trapped in coal seams. (Natural gas is almost entirely methane.) The tiny patch covers 2,500 square miles (6,500 square kilometers) near the Four Corners intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Between 2003 and 2009, the hotspot spewed 0.59...
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Massive Methane Hot Spot Detected by Satellite
2014-10-10 17:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: One tiny section in the U.S. is responsible for a significant amount of the country`s methane emissions, according to new information released by scientists from NASA and the University of Michigan. In a study published this week, they analyzed satellite-gathered data and found that an area about 2,500 square miles, near the "Four Corners" where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah connect, produces the largest concentration of these greenhouse gas emissions ever found in the U.S., more than...
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Satellite Data Shows U.S. Methane 'Hot Spot' Bigger Than Expected
2014-10-10 10:18:13| pollutiononline Home Page
One small "hot spot" in the U.S. Southwest is responsible for producing the largest concentration of the greenhouse gas methane seen overthe United States– more than triple the standard ground-based estimate -- according to a new study of satellite data by scientists at NASA and theUniversity of Michigan
America's Tiny Four Corners Region Is an Outsized Methane Hotspot
2014-10-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: One small spot in the U.S. Southwest is the surprising producer of the largest concentration of methane gas seen across the nation. Levels of methane over the Four Corners region are more than triple the standard ground-based estimate of the greenhouse gas, reports a joint study of satellite data by scientists at NASA and the University of Michigan. Methane is a heat-trapping gas whose increasing quantities in the atmosphere have fueled concerns about global climate change. The methane "hotspot,'...
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