Selected reporting, interviews, and documentary appearances.
Coverage includes air quality, methane, remote sensing, and marine seep science. To book comment, an interview, or an on-camera appearance, use the inquiry button below.
Deepwater Horizon coverage
Appearances addressing oil-flow estimates and scientific access during the Deepwater Horizon response.
View the appearanceWho Is Tracking Spilled Oil In The Gulf?
Ira Leifer discusses the need to understand where oil and gas move after a deep-water release.
Listen or readNot Your Grandpa’s RV: This Roving Lab Tracks Air Pollution
NPR features BRI’s mobile approach to measuring methane and air quality across real-world environments.
Read the featureForgotten oil wells and SISTER2 leak detection
Business Insider featured SISTER2 during a survey of emissions associated with abandoned and active oil wells in the Bakersfield area.
Watch the videoAwakening the Giant
A conversation with Ira Leifer on methane, bubble-related oceanographic processes, satellite remote sensing, and air pollution.
Listen or readBubbles, gas seeps, and the Bermuda Triangle
Ira Leifer appeared in a Discovery Channel documentary about the Bermuda Triangle, as confirmed by NBC News / AP. The science of marine gas seeps and bubble behavior is distinct from any claim that methane bubbles explain disappearances.
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