"Google's AI-Powered Mission: Mapping Global Methane Leaks from Space"

Google is partnering with the Environmental Defense Fund to launch a satellite called MethaneSAT, which will use satellite data and AI technology to map methane emissions from oil, gas, and coal operations around the world. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas responsible for nearly a third of global warming, and the initiative aims to provide real-time tracking of methane leaks, with the data being made available to the public later this year. This comes as countries and oil and gas companies pledge to drastically reduce methane emissions by 2030 to tackle the climate crisis.