Methane Mega-Leaks And Monitoring | Climate

Last Update: 09/22/2026 at 11:33 PM EST

Coverage from Eos, American Chemical Society, and others

Satellite and measurement campaigns are exposing large methane leaks from oil, gas, and landfill sites, with Turkmenistan and Texas repeatedly appearing among the biggest sources.

The current signal combines detection, source attribution, and policy pressure to fix leaks quickly because methane reductions have near-term climate benefits.

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The story is mostly stable, but the framing has shifted slightly toward a broader attribution-and-policy narrative. The current version adds a research thread on refining methane budgets and atmospheric-loss estimates, while keeping the core hotspot findings unchanged.

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