The Dutch space instrument TROPOMI provides daily global methane concentration maps. Methane is responsible for about a quarter of present-day global warming. Some individual sources leak large amounts of methane, making them the low-hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. SRON researchers now successfully detect those methane plumes using machine learning (AI). The identified methane super-emitters combined have a larger climate impact than all Dutch greenhouse gas emissions.
Month: September 2023
X-ray telescope XRISM successfully launched
The XRISM X-ray telescope is successfully launched on the early morning of September 7th from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan onboard a JAXA H-IIA rocket. SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is part of the consortium and has developed the filter wheel including calibration system.
