Methane
Inexplicable Surge in Methane Emissions Imperils World’s Fight to Slow Climate Change
| Staff Reporter | | Dec 11, 2016 11:38 PM EST |
The findings could give new global attention to methane, which is much less prevalent in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
Genetically Modified Rice That Wouldn't Contribute Much To Global Greenhouse Emission
| Saranya Palanisamy | | Jul 28, 2015 11:27 AM EDT |
Scientists have created a new variety of rice (GMO rice) by transferring a barley gene into rice plant, says a study published in the journal Nature. About half the world's population consume rice and when rice is grown, about 25 million to 100 million metric tons of methane is emitted into the atmosphere every year which has an important role in the global green-house gas emission.
Scientists Try to Solve the Methane Hot Spot in the Four Corners of U.S.
| Marco Foronda | | Apr 14, 2015 06:18 AM EDT |
The plume discovered over Four Corners raises the possibility large amounts of methane are escaping from the mines.
Cassini Spots Sunny Methane Seas on Titan
| Marc Maligalig | | Oct 31, 2014 06:48 AM EDT |
The seas on Titan consist mostly of liquid ethane and methane.
Newly-discovered Ocean Microbes Eat Most of the World’s Methane
| Kizha T. Trovillas | | Oct 16, 2014 08:44 AM EDT |
The microbes eat about 80 to 90 percent of methane released through cracks in the ocean floor.
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