First Emissions Detections from Tanager-1 Satellite Released

Carbon Mapper Coalition Leveraging Data from Planet

Plume of CO2 detected from a coal-fired power plant in Kendal, South Africa on September 19, 2024.

The first methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) detections by the Tanager-1 satellite have been released by the Carbon Mapper Coalition. This is the culmination of years of effort from a public-private partnership, funded by philanthropy, to make emissions data …