NASA Mission Excels at Spotting Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2023

More than a year after first detecting methane plumes from its perch aboard the International Space Station, data from NASA's EMIT instrument is now being used to identify point-source emissions of greenhouse gases with a proficiency that has surprised even its designers. Short for Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, EMIT was launched in July 2022 to map 10 key minerals on the