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Monitoring Greenhouse Gases From Space

A fracking explosion in Belmont County in February 2018 created one of the worst methane leaks in U.S. history.
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A fracking explosion in Belmont County in February 2018 created one of the worst methane leaks in U.S. history.

A satellite orbiting earth revealed that a 2018 fracking explosion in Belmont County created one of the More methane gas leaked into the atmosphere in 20 days than all but three European countries emit in a year.

A group of Dutch and American scientists called the high-tech satellite a “promising approach” for detecting and measuring the potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

Today on All Sides: space technology’s emerging role in monitoring greenhouse gases.

Guests:

  • Beth Burger, environmental reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
  • Steve Hamburg, chief scientist of Environmental Defense Fund and co-author of the

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