{"id":1805931,"date":"2022-01-25T21:21:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T02:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805931"},"modified":"2022-01-25T21:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T02:31:03","slug":"mapping-methane-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/01\/mapping-methane-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Methane Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1805932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1805932\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disc.gsfc.nasa.gov\/datasets\/GFEI_CH4_1\/summary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1805932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/01\/mapping-methane-emissions\/methane-emissions\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1520,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"methane-emissions\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Methane emissions from oil, gas, and coal exploitation in the Global Fuel Exploitation Inventory (GFEI) version 1 in 2016 (Mg\/y\/km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;\/sup&gt; &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-300x142.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-1024x485.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1805932 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-1024x485.jpg\" alt=\"World map of methane emissions from fossil fuel exploitation\" width=\"760\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-940x445.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions-844x400.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/methane-emissions.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1805932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Methane emissions from oil, gas, and coal exploitation in the Global Fuel Exploitation Inventory (GFEI) version 1 in 2016 (Mg\/y\/km<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/149374\/mapping-methane-emissions-from-fossil-fuel-exploitation\">NASA Earth Observatory<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/149374\/mapping-methane-emissions-from-fossil-fuel-exploitation\"><p>Funded by NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carbon.nasa.gov\/\">Carbon Monitoring System<\/a>, scientists recently built a new series of maps detailing the geography of methane emissions from fossil fuel production. Using publicly available data reported in 2016, the research team plotted fuel exploitation emissions\u2014or \u201cfugitive emissions\u201d as the UNFCCC calls them\u2014that arise before the fuels are ever consumed. The maps delineate where these emissions occur based on the locations of coal mines, oil and gas wells, pipelines, refineries, and fuel storage and transportation infrastructure. The maps were <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5067\/Q28GFYJYFZ7H\">recently published<\/a> at NASA\u2019s Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). (Note that 2016 was the most recent year with complete UN emissions data available at the time of this study.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Earth Observatory: Funded by NASA\u2019s Carbon Monitoring System, scientists recently built a new series of maps detailing the geography of methane emissions from fossil fuel production. Using publicly available data reported in 2016, the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/01\/mapping-methane-emissions\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,8],"tags":[14,879,1555,12],"class_list":["post-1805931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-environment","category-weather-and-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-global-warming","tag-methane","tag-nasa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1827607,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/google-edf-partner-to-build-map-of-global-methane-emissions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805931,"position":0},"title":"Google, EDF Partner to Build Map of Global Methane Emissions","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 February 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Methane is a greenhouse gas, more powerful than CO2 but shorter-lived. Google is partnering with the Environmental Defense Fund to map global methane emissions, much of which result from leaks from fossil fuel infrastructure and are undercounted. The EDF\u2019s MethaneSAT satellite (itself a partnership between the EDF and New Zealand\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Environment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Environment","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/environment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1788069,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/11\/first-geologic-map-of-titan\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805931,"position":1},"title":"First Geologic Map of Titan","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 November 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"The first global geologic map of Titan, based on radar and infrared data from the Cassini probe, has been released. The map legend colors represent the broad types of geologic units found on Titan: plains (broad, relatively flat regions), labyrinth (tectonically disrupted regions often containing fluvial channels), hummocky (hilly, with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Geologic map of Titan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/titan-geologic-1024x601.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/titan-geologic-1024x601.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/titan-geologic-1024x601.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/titan-geologic-1024x601.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789613,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/climate-from-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805931,"position":2},"title":"Climate from Space","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"The European Space Agency\u2019s new Climate from Space website presents satellite data on a host of different climate indicators, from aerosols to CO2, from land cover to sea ice, via 3D virtual globes. From the announcement: The new, easy-to-use site provides access to the same satellite observations used by scientists\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/climate-from-space-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/climate-from-space-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/climate-from-space-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/climate-from-space-1024x576.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1785035,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/mapping-global-sea-level-rise\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805931,"position":3},"title":"Mapping Global Sea Level Rise","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 February 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"NASA Earth Observatory: Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data. 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