Posted: Feb 14, 2020 3:36 pm
by Macdoc
restless giant

NASA flights detect millions of Arctic methane hotspots
Date:
February 13, 2020
Source:
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Summary:
In a new study, scientists with NASA's Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) used planes equipped with the Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer -- Next Generation (AVIRIS -- NG), a highly specialized instrument, to fly over some 20,000 square miles (30,000 square kilometers) of the Arctic landscape in the hope of detecting methane hotspots. The instrument did not disappoint.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 192422.htm