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rexi<p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-satellite-algorithms-reveal-ships-emit.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-satellit</span><span class="invisible">e-algorithms-reveal-ships-emit.html</span></a></p><p>"…we have a solid foundation that brings the monitoring of ship emissions based on satellite data much closer. There is still research to be done to see how much we can improve the extraction quality from the satellite signal." Kurchaba says…"At SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, I'm currently working with Tropomi…developing methods using machine learning to detect <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> plumes from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superemitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superemitters</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coalmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coalmines</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landfills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landfills</span></a>, and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oilandgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oilandgas</span></a> industry."</p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>Meanwhile at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> EPA:</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>'s new policies would ban routine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flaring</span></a> of natural gas produced by newly drilled oil wells, require oil companies to monitor for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leaks</span></a> from well sites and compressor stations and establishes a program to use third party remote sensing to detect large <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> releases from so-called "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperEmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperEmitters</span></a>," the agency said in a statement."</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-lays-out-plan-cop-28-slash-climate-super-pollutant-oil-gas-2023-12-02/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate-energy/us-lays-out-plan-cop-28-slash-climate-super-pollutant-oil-gas-2023-12-02/</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Trio Of Sentinel Satellites Map Methane Super-Emitters<br />--<br /><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-09-trio-sentinel-satellites-methane-super-emitters.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-09-trio-sen</span><span class="invisible">tinel-satellites-methane-super-emitters.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br />--<br /><a href="https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Trio_of_Sentinel_satellites_map_methane_super-emitters" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/Applications/Observing</span><span class="invisible">_the_Earth/Copernicus/Trio_of_Sentinel_satellites_map_methane_super-emitters</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br />--<br /><a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9071-2023" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9071-20</span><span class="invisible">23</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br />--<br /><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113716" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113</span><span class="invisible">716</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br />--<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Sentinel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sentinel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Sentinel5" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sentinel5</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Tropomi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tropomi</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>algorithm</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Copernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Copernicus</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>methane</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monitoring</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/measurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>measurement</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/greenhouseeffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>greenhouseeffect</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/machineleaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>machineleaning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/superemitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>superemitters</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/artificiallearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>artificiallearning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/detection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>detection</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/greenhousegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>greenhousegas</span></a><br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ESA</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>Expose the methane criminals:</p><p>"The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tropomi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tropomi</span></a> instrument aboard the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copernicus</span></a> Sentinel-5P satellite creates a global map of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> concentrations every day, using shortwave infrared bands as unique fingerprints for methane detection. </p><p>SRON researchers have developed a new algorithm that uses machine learning to automatically identify methane <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperEmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperEmitters</span></a> based on the satellite data."</p><p><a href="https://www.earth.com/news/new-methane-detection-method-will-expose-super-emitters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">earth.com/news/new-methane-det</span><span class="invisible">ection-method-will-expose-super-emitters/</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>How wealthy "super emitters" are disproportionately driving the climate crisis — while blaming you</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/08/22/how-wealthy-super-emitters-are-disproportionately-driving-the-climate--while-blaming-you/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2023/08/22/how-wealt</span><span class="invisible">hy-super-emitters-are-disproportionately-driving-the-climate--while-blaming-you/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WealthySuperEmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthySuperEmitters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DrivingTheClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrivingTheClimate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BlamingYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlamingYou</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SuperEmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperEmitters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DisproportionateImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisproportionateImpact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>The money of America's top 10% is causing almost half of US emissions. So tax it, researchers say.<br> The richest 10% of Americans' income has generated 40% of US carbon emissions, a new study found.<br> Investments by the top earners and "super emitters" play an outsized role in the climate crisis.<br> Tax shareholders rather than focusing on consumers, the study authors argue.<br><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/richest-americans-income-creates-outsized-emissions-climate-crisis-2023-8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/richest-am</span><span class="invisible">ericans-income-creates-outsized-emissions-climate-crisis-2023-8</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/richest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>richest</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/shareholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareholders</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/superemitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superemitters</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>This article has a lot of data: what sectors are responsible for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>, where the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuperEmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperEmitters</span></a> are, and about future emissions:</p><p>“I’m amazed how long this list is, and how many of these giant projects are still being pushed forward,” said Kühne, who did the analysis. “The impacts of methane are front loaded – they happen very soon after its emission. Last year’s gas leaks are killing people this year,” via the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> impacts they cause.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points</span></a></p>