New satellite launching to track 'wildly' underestimated climate-heating methane pollution

Experts say a satellite designed to track methane could be one of our best tools in the fight against climate change in the near future. MethaneSAT will spot large emitters of the greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.

New satellite launching to track 'wildly' underestimated climate-heating methane pollution
An animated rendering of a satellite hovering above the Earth. A beam shoots down as it scans for hotspots of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Experts say a satellite designed to track methane could be one of our best tools in the fight against climate change in the near future. MethaneSAT will spot large emitters of the greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.