Two independent research teams studying the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have reported the direct detection of methane in its surrounding gas cloud and estimated that its nucleus is roughly 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) wide.

Twelve Turkish soldiers died after being exposed to methane gas during a search operation in northern Iraq, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), underscored the need to take concrete steps to reduce methane emissions and protect the environment.

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The US and Turkmenistan have pinpointed climate change, especially cooperation on reducing methane emissions, as a key partnership focus, News.Az reports.

Reducing methane emissions is a key component of SOCAR's emission reduction program, according to Vice President Afgan Isayev.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) and Azerbaijan will jointly implement measures as part of COP29 to reduce methane emissions, Christophe McGlade, the head of the IEA’s Energy Supply Unit, said on Wednesday.