Greenhouse gas-monitoring aircraft keep tabs on the Amazon's rising methane levels

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Sep 15, 2016, 11:25 am80 ptsTrending
Research led by the National Centre of Earth Observation at the University of Leicester is going to new heights in the atmosphere to get a better handle on methane emitted from wetlands in the Amazon.Using small aircraft flying in an upward spiral and collecting samples of the air, the team has measured the…

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