Landfills are a large driver of the climate crisis due to their high methane leaks. A recent study found methane emissions from landfills were 40% higher than reported. Advanced methods like remote sensing can help detect and fix landfill methane leaks faster. Methane leaks from landfills were, on average, 40% higher than what's been reported to the federal government, according to a study published in the journal Science. Many large landfills capture methane gas so it can be reused as energy, but that infrastructure can leak.

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Persons: —, what's, Dan Cusworth, Cusworth Organizations: Service, Science, Carbon Mapper, Arizona, University Landfill, Carbon, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, RMI, Defense Fund Locations: Southern California, Pennsylvania