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Google joins mission to map methane from space

The tech giant is deploying AI to help identify large sources of methane leaks in satellite data.

Tech giant Google is backing a satellite project due to launch in March which will collect data about methane levels around the world In 2017 the European Space Agency launched a similar satellite instrument called Trompomi, which charts the presence of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane. "Satellites are great for finding the really big, massive culprits" of methane emissions, said Peter Thorne, professor of physical geography at Maynooth University in Ireland.

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