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The James Webb space telescope does its imaging magic 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. Webb's orbit is a great place for delicate detection work: nowhere near our throbbing, glowing, raucous home. Webb's success depends on getting far enough away to allow it to resolve things

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Climate Politics

An excess of unworthy events becomes worthy of commentary.

A family watches an obviously-dangerous monster crawling towards them, but they are not worried. The monster is slow.

Slow Apocalypse

Why is humanity moving so slowly to respond to climate change?

A hump of grass, giving off gas.

Gassy knolls: Automation finds the 10 worst methane hotspots

A methane-hotspot tool uses satellite data to find problem regions. We need this tool — and others like it — to stop climate change.

Methane leaks: It's the little ones that'll get us in the end

Methane leaks: It's the little ones that'll get us in the end

Although big methane leaks get a lot of attention, smaller leaks have to be addressed too. Surprisingly, they are most of the problem.

Climate consequences: Fire

Climate consequences: Fire

The frequency and severity of recent urban wildfires can help us see any relationship that might exist between them and climate change.

DIY: Explore Sentinel-5P's methane data

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DIY: Explore Sentinel-5P's methane data

Intense debate

Intensity measurements have a particular use, but we shouldn't rely on them as barometers of progress.

A boy and a girl spot a way out of a dark and dangerous situation.

Hope.

We begin a series of short posts to draw attention to progress on climate change and the environment.

Geoengineering: Cool roofs

Geoengineering: Cool roofs

First in a series about the coming age of machines that consume carbon and emit rainbows.

Satellites are Pooka spotters in a global crisis

Satellites are Pooka spotters in a global crisis

Denial

10 things you need to know about methane satellites

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10 things you need to know about methane satellites

Something wicked this way comes

Something wicked this way comes

Engineering culture

Historical Perspective

Engineering culture

Penguins emit laughing gas

Penguins emit laughing gas

A hoax

O hauling night

O hauling night

Do you recall the most energy-intensive task of them all?

Meet the in-laws

Meet the in-laws

🍁Oh, Cap an' Trade!

Greenhouse Gases

🍁Oh, Cap an' Trade!

Coal: On its dirty little way out

Greenhouse Gases

Coal: On its dirty little way out

Methane: Still messing up the planet

Greenhouse Gases

Methane: Still messing up the planet