A surprising and mysterious belch of methane gas on Mars hints at possible microbial life underground, but also could come from changes in rocks, a new NASA study found. The presence of methane on ...

Beneath layers of ancient rock, a high-pressure process is reshaping the modern energy landscape. As fracking expands across ...

Methane Lakes and Ice Rocks: Welcome to Titan. Posted: April 7, 2025 | Last updated: April 7, 2025. Discovered in 1655 by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, Titan is Saturn’s largest moon ...

Scientists found that rapidly retreating Arctic glaciers are triggering the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that causes global temperatures to rise, into the atmosphere.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Methane concentrations are rising rapidly, reaching 1,931 ppb in January 2024—over 2.5 times pre-industrial levels—and have accelerated in recent years.

Emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane remain "far too high" according to a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA), even though technology exists to control ...

They found that the models which fit best had an interior containing at least 10 percent methane, and over 20 percent in models that also have a large water/rock mass fraction. In these models ...

Methane traps about 28 times the heat per molecule as carbon dioxide but lasts a decade or so in the atmosphere instead of centuries or thousands of years like carbon dioxide, according to the U.S ...

Graphic shows the proportion of methane potentially generated by different types of organic materials in a landfill. Food generates 39%, paper 24%, textiles 22%, other organic materials 6%, yard ...