An overhaul of the state’s 2019 climate law proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul would alter how the potent greenhouse gas is measured.

Environmental agencies have been raising a lot of fuss about CO2 emissions from cars and transportation, but is it actually ...

A volcanic eruption in the South Pacific cleaned up its own methane pollution, offering a potential mechanism for removing this potent greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.

The world has long lacked the data it needs to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But that is changing.

From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, rice underpins daily meals for billions of ...

A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments and the livestock industry against adopting an ...

The latest study finds that emissions of the potent greenhouse gas might be higher than previously estimated. Warming in the Arctic is intensifying methane emissions, contributing to a vicious ...

Extreme temperatures and humidity levels (excessive rain or drought) projected for the Amazon in the context of climate change may increase the volume of methane-producing microorganisms in flooded ...

In the fight against climate change, the focus is usually on carbon dioxide, or CO 2 — and for good reason. It’s a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere for years, trapping in heat for ...

Palau’s President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. urged world leaders to strengthen, rather than scale back, global climate commitments after New Zealand announced a lower long-term methane reduction goal. The ...