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Methane emissions detected by GHGSAT over the volcano Mount Fentale, Ethiopia on January 31, 2025 at 07:59:33 UTC. The image shows a Mapbox basemap satellite image of the volcano with the GHGSAT-detected emissions data superimposed on top. A rainbow colour ramp for the plumes shows the enhancement of methane above local background levels in parts per billion, with dark blue as low and bright red as high. The emission rate is estimated to be 58 metric tonnes per hour.

NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus—GHGSat

Learn more about the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program vendor GHGSat and how to discover, access, and work with their commercial methane emissions data products.

Webinar

March 3, 2025

Image of a methane plume overlaid on a topo map; highest methane concentrations are in southeast corner (yellow area); rest of plume is low concentrations (purple)

New NASA EMIT Data Tutorials: Working with Methane Data

New data tutorials are available for working with methane data from NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission.

News

April 10, 2024

NASA EMIT Mapping Methane Plumes: Data Tutorial Workshop

This 2-hour virtual workshop on March 14, 2024, demonstrates how to use methane data products from NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission.

Event

Feb. 7, 2024

This map from the global inventory of methane emissions from fuel exploitation (GFEI) shows methane emissions from natural gas exploitation. Darker colors indicate more methane emissions.

Mapping Methane Emissions from Fossil Fuel Exploitation

Scientists map 97 million metric tons of methane emissions from the exploitation of oil, natural gas, and coal.

Feature Article

Jan. 31, 2022

Image of a landfill before infrastructure improvements reduced methane emissions.

From Cow Manure to Landfills: Mapping Methane in California

The Methane Source Finder project mapped potential sources of methane in California and developed new technologies to make remote sensing data of methane emissions readily available.

Feature Article

June 17, 2021