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NASA flights detect millions of Arctic methane hotspots

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In a new study, scientists with NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) used planes equipped with the Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer — Next Generation (AVIRIS — NG), a highly specialized instrument, to fly over some 20,000 square miles (30,000 square kilometers) of the Arctic landscape in the hope of detecting methane hotspots. The instrument did not disappoint.

Source: ScienceDaily.com