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Announcements
Carbon Mapper Launches New Data Portal – Unlocking New Insights and Accessibility
Carbon Mapper launch an updated data portal and its first set of developer APIs. The revamped data portal gives users new insights into regional and sector-specific emissions, better functionality, and overall easier navigation and use.
Road to Launch: The Carbon Mapper Coalition achieves key satellite milestones
The instrument that will go on the Tanager-1 satellite was transferred from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Planet Labs PBC. This marks an exciting achievement in the development of the first of two satellites being developed and deployed through a first-of-its-kind public-private Coalition led by Carbon Mapper.
NEW: Global Data and Enhanced Functionality Available on the Carbon Mapper Data Portal
New data on global sources of methane plus improved functionality to make this data more accessible and actionable are now available on the Carbon Mapper Data Portal.
News
El Mercurio: Mapping Methane in Chile with NASA Technology
With NASA technology, methane emissions are being mapped in Chile. Using infrared images, taken from an airplane, the main sources of emissions can be detected and quantified.
AP: Difficulty Measuring Methane Slows Plan to Slash Emissions
What’s the technological landscape for detecting methane emissions? Here’s a rundown from The Associated Press, as pressure mounts to mitigate emissions.
Waste Methane: Working with NASA’s EMIT
Carbon Mapper will use data from NASA’s EMIT mission, plus current airborne and future satellite instruments, to survey waste sites for methane emissions, thanks to a major grant from the Grantham Foundation.
Insights
Carbon Mapper Share New Data Portal and Research Insights at 2023 AGU Fall Meeting
Carbon Mapper scientists join thousands of participants at the 2022 annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting to advance Earth and space sciences.
Unlocking the Scale and Impact of Satellites to Detect and Quantify Methane
During New York Climate Week, experts across industry, government and NGOs discussed how advanced technologies, like satellites, are quickly evolving and providing opportunities for more comprehensive measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of global methane emissions.
Methane Point Sources — What They Are and Why They Matter
This post is part of Carbon Mapper’s Methane Remote Monitoring Education Series, which intends to help build a base knowledge of important topics in the methane monitoring space, and demystify key concepts that are important to Carbon Mapper’s mission. To recommend a future topic, contact us here.