The Aliso Canyon natural gas well blowout, first reported on Oct. 23, 2015, released over 100,000 tons of the powerful greenhouse gas methane before the well was sealed on Feb. 11, according to the first study of the accident published today in the journal…
UCI Maps Methane Leaks Across Los Angeles Basin
Irvine, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016 – Hundreds of methane-emitting hot spots have been identified across the Los Angeles Basin, including a “clean ports”…
Aliso Canyon Methane Leak Emissions Sky-High
A UC Davis scientist flying in a pollution-detecting airplane provided the first, and so far only, estimates of methane emissions spewing from the Aliso…
New Stream Monitoring Method Locates Elevated Groundwater Methane in Shale-Gas Development Area
New Cumberland, Pa., April 2, 2015—Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Utah have used a new stream-based methane monitoring method to identify and quantify groundwater methane discharging to a stream…
Boston’s Leaky Pipes Release High Levels of Heat-Trapping Methane
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 22, 2015—Imagine if every time you filled your car with gas, a few gallons didn't make it into the tank and instead spilled onto the ground. That's essentially what happens every day with the aging system of underground pipes and…
