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Recently, NASA spots 50 methane super-emitters on Earth. Most of these sites have ties with agriculture and fossil fuel industries.
Key Points:
- Scientists have identified more than 50 “super-emitters” of heat-trapping methane gas in central Asia, western Asia, and the southwestern United States.
- Reining methane emissions is key to limiting global warming.
About EMIT:
- Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation instrument, often known as EMIT, is the instrument made by NASA.
- It is originally designed to examine how dust impacts climate.
- EMIT was installed on the International Space Station in July 2022.
- Since then, It has been mapping the chemical composition of dust throughout the Earth’s deserts
- EMIT is proving to be a critical tool in our toolbox to measure this potent greenhouse gas.
