A 2,500 Square-Mile Methane Plume Is Silently Hovering over Western US

giant cloud" of powerful greenhouse gas now visible from space a large portion of the western United States according to satellite imagery analyzed by NASA .


Created by years of intentionally released and errantly leaked natural gas during fossil fuel drilling operations, the cloud—invisible to the human eye but captured by advanced satellite imaging technology—is centered over northwest New Mexico
Delaware-sized methane cloud, first studied it three years ago.

So alarmed by the size of the plume were scientists, NASA researcher Christian Frankenberg told the Post, "We couldn’t be sure that the signal was real.

The land was once home to a flourishing civilization of ancient Pueblo Indians, who left behind ruins of temples and trading centers built more than 1,000 years ago.

All told, oil and gas producers lose 8 million metric tons of methane a year, enough to provide power to every household in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

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a reply to: douglas5
WHAT Happens
IF someone goes up in a gas powered hotair balloon.
BOOM?

a reply to: douglas5

This plume is so big it needs TWO threads.

This is serious guys.

Please use the existing thread: www.abovetopsecret.com...