Not just cows 🐄 Methane has a much bigger story to tell. From fossil fuel leaks and landfills to livestock and wetlands, methane is released all over the world and it packs a serious climate punch. It’s the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide, and molecule for molecule, it traps around 30 times more heat over a century. The good news? Methane doesn’t linger for long. With an atmospheric lifetime of about 10 years, cutting methane emissions can lead to faster climat

New sources of methane are being discovered at an astonishing rate in the waters around Antarctica 🧊. An Earth Sciences NZ team have been using remotely operated vehicles and divers under the ice to search for new seeps, sampling sites ranging from approximately five to 240 meters deep🌊. As methane is a greenhouse gas, our scientists are investigating how these sources may be connected to our warming climate🌧️. Once considered rare, these seeps are now being recognised as a potentially widesp