Satellites picture methane across the globe

Canadian company GHGSat has built an interactive tool to show how methane (CH4) varies in the atmosphere across the world.

The Pulse map, external incorporates data from its own spacecraft and the EU's Sentinel-5P Tropomi mission.

This movie illustrates the variations in the concentration of CH4 over northern China. A lot of this methane is coming from the country's coal mines.

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