The site constitutes a stunning piece of photojournalism in which Julian explores the history of place, drawing upon his studies at Harvard and upon data acquired primarily from airborne methane detectors. Julian’s senior thesis at Harvard documented the history of the Cumberland Mine, in southwestern Pennsylvania — one of the primary sites featured in “Landscapes of Methane.” Combining archival research with video footage and oral history interviews, the project was the first “multimedia thesis” accepted by Harvard’s History department. Photo credit: Julian GiordanoPrinted versions of Julian’s photographs were exhibited as part of Harvard Climate Action Week in September 2025. They will remain on display at the Harvard University Center for the Environment (located on the 4th floor of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology) through August 2026. The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions, a research cluster of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, provided support for Professors Rothschild and Wofsy to incorporate remote-sensing data into historical studies of methane-emitting sites.