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The Satellite Helping Slow Climate Change — Right Now | Millie Chu Baird | TED

Meet MethaneSAT: the satellite circling Earth right now to track global emissions from methane: a highly potent, short-term greenhouse gas. Environmental advocate Millie Chu Baird details the heat-trapping side effects of a planet full of methane — and explains why understanding where it comes from and taking steps to reduce it is the single most…

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Meet MethaneSAT: the satellite circling Earth right now to track global emissions from methane: a highly potent, short-term greenhouse gas. Environmental advocate Millie Chu Baird details the heat-trapping side effects of a planet full of methane — and explains why understanding where it comes from and taking steps to reduce it is the single most important thing we can do to affect climate change in our lifetimes. (MethaneSAT is part of the Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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54 Comments

  1. @tynome63

    July 26, 2024 at 7:18 am

    Where you say affect climate change we hear interfere with climate change.

  2. @kimws33

    July 26, 2024 at 7:19 am

    위대한 미국의 희망은 이루어 진다
    올바른 희망 성취로
    세계 평화와 행복이 이루어지기를. . .

  3. @catncake3051

    July 26, 2024 at 7:24 am

    Theres a good video by Climate Town called “Natural Gas is Scamming America” about methane leaks, greenwashing methane, etc. Its very informative and its good to know methaneSAT is trying to solve this

    • @catncake3051

      July 26, 2024 at 7:24 am

      @ClimateTown

  4. @Backstromgroup

    July 26, 2024 at 7:24 am

    Still 100% bullshit! Earth thrives on CO2; we need more! Just a tax grift to fund useless, inefficient Government programs.

  5. @Backstromgroup

    July 26, 2024 at 7:26 am

    How long to “make up” for the fuel emissions of the rocket launching the satellite? 🙄

    • @kinsmed

      July 26, 2024 at 11:25 am

      Have you ever made an omelette without eggs?

    • @policeman1104

      July 26, 2024 at 11:29 am

      Probably a few days 🙂

  6. @bash-dl6rl

    July 26, 2024 at 7:29 am

    methane is in a lot of things… 4:29

  7. @bash-dl6rl

    July 26, 2024 at 7:30 am

    75% is a big number

  8. @bash-dl6rl

    July 26, 2024 at 7:31 am

    was third a lot of boots on the ground?

  9. @robertmarmaduke186

    July 26, 2024 at 7:41 am

    UNITED NATIONS – Climate Change© refers to the longest running tax scheme by any unelected self appointed supra-government owing allegiance only to itself and its administrative tax minions tapeworm.

  10. @ecgwild

    July 26, 2024 at 8:07 am

    Hope more people get involved in the reduction of methane

    • @kmoses582

      July 27, 2024 at 1:26 am

      Beano will help with that

    • @HardcorebergO

      July 27, 2024 at 8:30 am

      Some lifestile change could reduce personal responsibility of methane emition I heard.

  11. @sgalla1328

    July 26, 2024 at 8:15 am

    Just out of curiosity. How much of a carbon footprint does the worlds space programs and military weapons testing produce ? How much C02 is produced by cars planes yachts of think tanks ? How much CO2 is produced by internet shipping providers around the world ? Let’s do a study and find that answer.😮

    • @stevo4535

      July 26, 2024 at 9:00 am

      They don’t want that answer.

    • @policeman1104

      July 26, 2024 at 11:27 am

      I can answer some of your questions. Wars climate impact isn’t mostly due to fired weapons but through destroyed infrastructure which needs to be rebuild. Space programs also produce lots of emissions. Scientific missions like this though have the potential to help reduce emissions by a lot. Internet shipping is actually better for the environment than retail shopping because it’s more efficient (heating emissions from retail stores, etc. And even if people fly around the world to give Ted talks about climate change one could argue that they also help spread the word about climate issues and its importance. Obviously that has an indirect or direct influence on politics and peoples lifestyle decisions. That’s not to say that all of your concerns need to be addressed more consequently and emissions should be lowered in all of the sectors you mentioned. But while space and green think tank emissions are obvious their net emissions are most certainly negative 🙂

    • @gebali

      July 26, 2024 at 9:28 pm

      ​@@policeman1104. Great answer. Thank you.

  12. @stevendavies98

    July 26, 2024 at 8:20 am

    I already know where all the methane is. Just look for all the cows. No need for anything from space.

    • @RickLambert963

      July 26, 2024 at 9:13 am

      Did Bill Gates learn that cows can’t really fart that well? Probably not. We will probably go through the convid nonsense with climate change. The psychopath billionaire overlords just get richer. Don’t slow the rate of calling BS.

    • @Ugottabekiddingme

      July 26, 2024 at 10:50 am

      You’re not getting rid of cows on this earth.

  13. @sultanmahmood4173

    July 26, 2024 at 9:26 am

    Thank Millie Chu Baird for sharing. Awareness, adaptability and renewable energy are an excellent ideas among others.

  14. @nikowskayofficial

    July 26, 2024 at 10:31 am

    Be cool if we make it to a scale 1 on the Kardashev scale. 😉 Let’s goooo!

  15. @kinsmed

    July 26, 2024 at 11:23 am

    Great presi, had me 30 seconds in.

  16. @kinsmed

    July 26, 2024 at 11:24 am

    Great presi, Millie. Had me 30 seconds in.

  17. @twenties3154

    July 26, 2024 at 12:29 pm

    Wonderful. Congratulations for this great job.❤❤❤

  18. @anordkiri6207

    July 26, 2024 at 12:52 pm

    Coal mines, Lithium mines, Cars, Industries, etc. so “how?” Is the Question and “when?” Is the objective

  19. @jonathanglock1574

    July 26, 2024 at 1:15 pm

    How much CO2 is produced during these large rocket launches?

  20. @ronkirk5099

    July 26, 2024 at 1:42 pm

    It is encouraging to see some of our space based sensing capacity being redirected from looking at the stars to helping understand the problems we face here on our home planet. Knowing where greenhouse gases are coming from is essential to reducing them in the most efficient way possible.

  21. @farhadahmadtalukdar

    July 26, 2024 at 1:42 pm

    your talking style is very affective

  22. @leewareham4529

    July 26, 2024 at 3:01 pm

    Methane tax on its way! 😂 hope that satellite don’t look down at me on a Saturday morning on the 🚽 after a takeaway from the night before 😂

  23. @joelpichette

    July 26, 2024 at 7:45 pm

    How we’re tracking methane from space ?
    Next video, How we’re seeking E.T. in space using graphic cards and methane as energy source. (sarcasm)

  24. @BillyTheKidCENTURION

    July 26, 2024 at 8:06 pm

    No increase in hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, heatwaves, floods, droughts, Earth surface temperature, mass extinctions, melting sea ice, loss of ice sheets……. where is the “Climate Crisis” This video and my response have been recorded, in case my response is deleted.

  25. @deanchristie3829

    July 27, 2024 at 12:09 am

    You list some sources of methane; but they are all land based. People miss one large source: the ocean. There is more carbon held at the bottom of the ocean as hydrated methane than any of the other sources. That is why I am asking: Can your methane satelite measure methane over water? If it can, then you have all the answers that you need…

  26. @dryzalizer

    July 27, 2024 at 4:36 am

    I look forward to seeing this data and the action that comes of it.

  27. @Arvidje

    July 27, 2024 at 6:02 am

    Co2 is good for the grow and green.

  28. @dgcarlson1

    July 27, 2024 at 10:35 am

    This is another tool for tracking methane emissions, which is a positive. What really needs to occur, as she mentioned, is affecting human behavior. Methane Sat is another great tool, but we need solutions ( corrective and preventive actions) to mitigate CO2 and Methane emissions.

  29. @user-vj4sn1hk3n

    July 27, 2024 at 11:01 am

    Eyes from Sky can really see can really help❤

  30. @JohnChampagne

    July 27, 2024 at 9:24 pm

    The next step, after measuring where it is emitted, is to charge fees proportional to emissions. THAT will give industries an incentive to *reduce* their emissions.

    In general, we can make the world better by charging extraction and emissions fees, then sharing fee proceeds. We can promote sustainability AND end poverty.

  31. @MohammadrezaDadashi-g1t

    July 28, 2024 at 12:51 am

    مقدار زیادی سیمپسون میشوید و خیال‌بافی میکنید.من هنوز شهروند ایران هستم،به من ربطی ندارد برخی از قضایا که حقی از من سلب نکرده است و به تمام معنا تابع قوانین ایران هستم چون اینجا زندگی میکنم و به لیدر شیپ ایران احترام دارم و آن دسته از حکمرانان که درستکارند،مابقی برای من حکم قاطر دارند و بس.اما اگر کوچکترین حقی از من سلب شود از قانون طلب حمایت میکنم و صبوری میکنم،و همینطور پیش میروم تا جایی که بالاترین دست قدرت در کشور متوجه حق سلب شده از من بشود و او را متوجه شرف،آبرو،ادعا و دین و قانون خودش میکنم.این در مورد شما هم مصداق دارد،پر واضح است که بازی کارتونی راه انداخته اید اما مطمئن باشید،شرف همیشه بالاتر از هر مسئله اخلاقی قرار دارد.اینقدر هم وسط تکست من آید آید نندازید،آب ما اومد ولی این آید شما نیومد.برای من مهم این چیزیست که در دستم است و با تمام حواس پنجگانه ام آنرا درک میکنم.بازی کنید تا دلتان میخواهد.من حقم را تا سنت آخر با ضررهایش میگیرم.حتی از ترکیه.زلزله های سه گانه ترکیه را بیاد بیاورید،این یعنی مادر طبیعت.با آن بوزینه ها هنوز کار دارم…….این را تهدید معنی نکنید،فقط گویا نه منطق نه قانون نه دوستی نه وجدان و نه هیچ چیز دیگر جز منافع خودتان برای شما مهم نیست.خوب برخی چیزها هم برای من مهم است.مثل المپیک پاریس 🤮
    من به هیچکس در زمین بدهکار نبودم و هیچکس نمیتواند برداشتهایش از مقاله های کامل مرا انکار کند.حتی تدی خرسه 🤬

  32. @Hrd.N

    July 28, 2024 at 4:24 am

    👍

  33. @user-zt5qm6br2x

    July 28, 2024 at 5:20 am

    I am an Arab, specifically from Yemen🇾🇪, and a Muslim. Thank God, I have learned a lot from this channel. They are also not racist. Thank you. I advise you to subscribe.

  34. @hiepcook

    July 28, 2024 at 10:01 am

    ☘️☘️☘️☘️💯💯

  35. @shahzadashraf370

    July 28, 2024 at 10:18 am

    Longitudinal electromagnetic waves LWI HAARP it can make fast changes to weather control….does it ring something ….no conspiracy babe millie

  36. @ScottSands-f4o

    July 28, 2024 at 11:44 am

    Global warming is a big lie. You got the elites trying to take my gas lawnmower away while they are flying around the world in private jets. You come and try to take my fossil fuels away you will end up talking to Kristie Noems dog.

  37. @wahidulislamispat-bo8789

    July 28, 2024 at 11:48 am

    🎉🎉🎉🎉

  38. @StressRUs

    July 28, 2024 at 12:17 pm

    Celebrating rockets being launched while burning enormous amounts of climate heating fossil fuels is, well, insane and appropriate for the waste of time that TED talks have always been.

  39. @renegroulx7029

    July 30, 2024 at 11:14 am

    “The exact price of a ticket on board New Shepard isn’t known, but in 2018 reports indicated it could cost at least $200,000.00” Alot of people are enthusiastic about space. Okay, lemme stop you right there.

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