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Earth Science Research from Space: Methane emissions

Extremely large emitters — releasing more than 25 tons per hour — can be seen and tracked from near-earth orbit

Earth imaging data from a sensor aboard a European satellite, Sentinel 5


Using data from 2019 and 2020, (scientists) located about 1,200 of these ultra emitters, a large portion of them from Russia, Turkmenistan, the United States, the Middle East and Algeria.

Total emissions from these sites were estimated at about 9 million tons per year. In terms of its potential to warm the planet, that much methane is equivalent to about 275 million tons of carbon dioxide, which is the total carbon footprint of 40 million people, based on the global average per capita.


Seen From Space: Huge Methane Leaks


Copernicus EU
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Methane, We're Watching

* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Copernicus_EU
* https://hsat.space/satellites-sentinel-5/


Detecting methane from space
"There has been quite a buzz around this unique advancement in space, and the valuable data it will provide on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that accounts for a quarter of the warming our planet is experiencing today. Curbing anthropogenic methane emissions is one of the most efficient and economical options available to slow the rate of warming over the next few decades, while efforts continue to reduce CO2 emissions worldwide."


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New Space


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Planet API

PlanetLabs & Bioneer Leonardo DiCaprio join up with #Earth Vision

Reefscape, Another New Way to View, Watch Over & Care for Our Common Home
The Commons


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US environmental group wins millions to develop methane-monitoring satellite


The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is planning to be the first environmental group to send its own satellite into space


“We need good solid data so that we really can support global action on climate change, and we’ve got to do it fast,” says Steven Hamburg, the EDF’s chief scientist.
The most detailed measurements currently available of atmospheric methane concentrations come from a sensor aboard the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P spacecraft, which launched in October 2017. The Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument provides global coverage at a resolution of nearly 50 square kilometres, but those measurements at this time do not capture the dispersed sources of emissions from oil and gas fields.
Commercial firms have developed high-resolution sensors that can be placed aboard 10-centimetre-sided CubeSats to measure emissions from individual wells or other facilities. Those data are proprietary, however, and the measurements currently cannot be scaled up to the level of an entire oil and gas field.
The Environmental Defense Fund team is designing MethaneSAT to provide more-precise measurements, at a resolution of 1 square kilometre, with global coverage at least once a week.




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Earth Science from Space

New Ways to See & Take 'Earth Action'


Planet Citizen Action

Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists




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Google Earth Outreach
Bioneer Rebecca Moore


Global Fishing Watch
Global Forest Watch



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The Commons
Earth Science Research from Space
Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists
Planet Labs Doves Fly
Democratization of Space
Virtual Earth


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Planet Labs is now just 'Planet'

Announcement - June 12, 2016

https://www.planet.com/pulse/meet-our-new-brand/


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An API for the Planet #PlanetLabs

Open Source Conference keynote API / An Open Sourced Discovery


Mission: Democratizing Access to Information About the Changing Planet


Planet Labs, newly deployed Doves

Smartphones++ in Space!

Launch of new Flock of Dove Satellites to Image Earth

Doves fly

Doves Flock

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"Rapid cadence imagery, like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth."

Via the NYT ... Investing in Earth Imaging


Visit Planet's Earth Images Gallery

https://www.planet.com/gallery/


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Earth Imaging: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite


2014 / 2013

Private-sector Business Joins Government-funded Space Enterprise

NextGen #EarthScience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threats

Nine 'New Space' startups to watch (our eyes are especially on "Planet Labs")


DigitalGlobe -- https://www.digitalglobe.com/]
DigitalGlobe, highest rez commercially avail #earthimaging from space [1] [2] [3]


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New Space

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewSpace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit


“With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images will grow exponentially.” - IEEE-May 2014

Moving from almost exclusively multi-billion dollar military/defense-communication satellite operations to nextgen 'small cap' startups and 'New Space' ventures and applications with earth systems monitoring, resources, sustainable business, and low-earth orbit.


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EarthPOV

Here's looking at us -- EarthPOV.com

What's Your Hashtag? #PlanetCitizen

PlanetCitizens.org