Environmental

Satellite Data Shows U.S. Methane ‘Hot Spot’ Bigger than Expected

Methane emissions from the Four Corners region of the United States
The Four Corners area (red) is the major U.S. hot spot for methane emissions in this map showing how much emissions varied from average background concentrations from 2003-2009 (dark colors are lower than average; lighter colors are higher).  Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Michigan

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