NASA Monitors Sites Cause Global Warming on Earth

In an achievement that scientists hope will contribute to reducing methane emissions, which greatly contributes to climate warming, a new mission launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from space has revealed dozens of sites responsible for excessive emissions of the gas.

These emissions are generally associated with fossil fuel production sites, waste processing, or even agricultural sectors.

The EMIT space mission, launched in July and installed on the International Space Station, was initially intended to monitor how the movement of mineral dust affects the climate.

"But this tool also proved useful in another crucial mission, as it monitored more than 50 sites that emit high levels of emissions in Central Asia, the Middle East, and the southwestern United States," the US space agency said Tuesday.

NASA noted that EMIT is "the first of a new class of spectroscopic imaging devices aimed at Earth observation."