News and Insights
Announcements
Updated Carbon Mapper Data Portal Offers Methane Emissions Transparency
Carbon Mapper has released its new Data Portal featuring methane point source data from 2016—2021airborne surveys.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $25M to Accelerate Satellite and Airborne Methane Sensing Technologies to Turbocharge Fight Against Climate Change
New funding advances efforts to help tackle potent methane emissions with powerful, advanced emissions data in support of the newly signed Global Methane Pledge.
Permian Basin Super Emitter Data Now Available in Prototype Data Portal
A new study published today in Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), describes analysis led by Carbon Mapper Carbon Project Scientist Dan Cusworth, identified 1,100 high emission point sources of methane in the Permian oil and gas basin, at least half of...
News
The Washington Post: Cracking down on methane ‘ultra-emitters’ is a quick way to combat climate change
Latest study underscores how satellites are exposing emissions sources around the globe.
BBC: Satellites map huge methane plumes from oil and gas
Huge plumes of methane have been mapped globally for the first time from oil and gas fields using satellites.
Financial Times: Global warming effects of methane from U.S. Permian draws fresh scrutiny
New research shows a limited number of facilities are responsible for a significant amount of U.S. emissions.
Insights
Carbon Mapper Reflects on a Year of Milestones
Since Carbon Mapper launched a pioneering public/private coalition one year ago, we’re helped improve the understanding of, and accelerate reductions in, global methane and CO2 emissions.
Carbon Mapper Shares Research at AGU Fall Meeting
December 13—17, 2021 the Carbon Mapper team and partners will gather with fellow Earth and space scientists at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The meeting is considered the most influential event dedicated to the advancement for Earth and space...
Carbon Mapper Data Dispatch: Coal Mine Venting in Western Pennsylvania
Introduction:This is our first Carbon Mapper Data Dispatch, a regular communication highlighting insights and information from Carbon Mapper Data Portal. We believe transparency is critical in the global fight against climate change. That’s why Carbon Mapper is...