Aircraft Mobilized To Measure Arctic Methane Emissions

France’s CNRS/Safire ATR 42 atmospheric research aircraft is among aircraft measuring methane emissions in northern Scandinavia.
Credit: DLR
Aircraft and satellites are being used in a research campaign to measure methane being released as the permafrost thaws in regions north of the Arctic Circle. Methane is a greenhouse gas with much greater effect than carbon dioxide and the Arctic is warming faster than other regions of the world...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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