Image captured suggests that the Nord Stream leak is still producing 22,920 kilograms of methane per hour – comparable to some of the largest manmade sources of methane anywhere on Earth
A Canadian satellite has captured the first direct view of methane leaking into the atmosphere from two ruptured pipelines under the Baltic Sea.
But not until Friday was it possible to see just how much methane was produced in the event. That’s when a satellite operated by Montreal-based GHGSat flew overhead and captured an image of a 12-kilometre long plume from one of four leaks bubbling up from the sea floor.is still producing 22,920 kilograms of methane per hour – comparable to some of the largest manmade sources of methane anywhere on Earth.
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