16/12/2025
Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks
Researchers in Leicester are leading an international project using satellites to help curb methane emissions from landfill sites.
Researchers in Leicester are leading an international project using satellites to help curb methane emissions from landfill sites.
In 2022, the Nord Stream pipeline rupture released 465,000 metric tons of hashtag#methane, the largest single release ever recorded – with the same near-term climate impact as 8+ million cars driven for a year!
A ‘twin’ of the world’s wetlands is to be created by Leicester scientists from satellite data, mathematical models and artificial intelligence to help monitor and reduce methane emissions.
Scientists from the University of Leicester have used data – generated by the University of Bremen – from the Tropomi instrument onboard Sentinel-5P to observe methane concentrations associated with key mining regions across Poland and demonstrate whether the satellite can capture coal mining emissions.