Methane News
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In one of the most awe-inspiring and audacious plans ever conceived by NASA, the space agency has unveiled a project to send a submarine to Saturn's moon, Titan, to explore its mysterious seas.
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Saskatoon -
Major conservation efforts have helped save beavers from extinction. Interestingly, this action has had consequences: an increase in the generation of methane gas.
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A cloud of methane gas about the size of Delaware was detected over the Four Corners area of the American southwest years ago. The readings were so unusually high that NASA scientists dismissed them. A new study confirms the methane hotspot is real.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Researcher Fabio B. Noronha claims that he and his team with the National Institute of Technology may have found a way to convert methane into hydrogen energy.
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Microbial activities in the Gulf of Mexico suggests that gas-rich deepwater plumes following the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout overwhelmed methane-oxidizing bacterial species, leading to high concentrations of methane lasting for a very long time.
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West Lafayette -
The furor over fracking took a further twist this week as levels of the greenhouse gas methane were found above drilling wells, in some cases, 1,000 times greater than previous Environmental Protection Agency estimates.
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Kangaroos and cows share a similar diet – mostly grasses and other vegetation. Yet, kangaroos give off a relatively low-methane gas whereas cows and other livestock are a major source of the greenhouse gas.
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A new study is examining the possibilities of adapting cattle husbandry and the selection processes for cow breeding, to lower the greenhouse gas emissions produced when cows beak wind.
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Scientists have looked at how bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, which is important in bioenergy and could be linked to the new generation of biofuels.
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Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, started a petition against fracking in New York. They were then invited to visit communities in Pennsylvania to see the actual impacts and effects of fracking, up close and personal.
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Thawing of permafrost is expected to cause significant additional global warming, not yet accounted for in climate predictions, warn scientists attached to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in a report released this week..
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NASA’s Curiosity rover sampled the air on Mars this week. At a teleconference on November 2, NASA announced Curiosity had not found any evidence of methane, which is often a sign of life, in the Martian atmosphere.
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New research suggests that large volumes of greenhouse gases, like methane, are locked beneath the ice-covered regions of the Antarctic.
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Dangerous levels of methane have appeared in water supplies in Leroy Township, Pennsylvania. The appearance of the gas appears to be the result of fracking activities, leading to a fine being levelled on the well operator Chesapeake Energy.
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A study conducted by the journal Current Biology suggests that dinosaur flatulence may have been a source of global warming.
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A study conducted by the journal Current Biology suggests that dinosaur flatulence may have been a source of global warming.
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Durham -
A new scientific study has, for the first time, found a pattern linking hydraulic fracturing and natural gas drilling with methane contamination of drinking water, with some contamination levels so high that faucet taps can be set on fire.
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Charleston -
Last year's Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster, claiming the lives of 29 workers, also put at risk federal rescue teams who began their search for potential survivors hours after the blast without backup rescue teams in place, pressured by Massey Energy.
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Ithaca -
A new study released this week reveals that shale gas, the product of a highly controversial extraction method called hydraulic fracturing, brings with it a greater greenhouse gas impact than conventional oil, gas, and coal over a 20-year period.
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Pasadena -
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Cassini spacecraft garnered photos of Saturn's largest satellite, Titan, changing seasons. The images captured darkened clouds raining methane on its equatorial deserts.
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According to a recent international study, lakes, rivers and other freshwater bodies emit unexpected amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Indirectly, this could impact the expected effects of reforestation programs to fight climate change.
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Adding a touch of curry to the feed of cows and sheep may cut their methane emissions by as much as 40 percent, according to a new study from the UK.
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Each time a bubble breaks through are we at a greater risk? Those bubbles are coming from the the Arctic Circle and the risk is methane. Methane at a rate that could speed up climate change across the globe.
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Methane is one of the classic byproducts of life on Earth. That doesn’t, unfortunately, mean it’s a sign of life on Mars. But organic chemistry is as good a chance as any of being the cause of the methane emissions.
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Nasa scientists have announced that they detected large quantities of Methane gas on Mars which could be being produced by alien bugs.
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After eight years of near-zero growth in atmospheric methane concentrations, levels have again started to rise. Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas in the atmosphere after carbon dioxide.
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When the environment's equilibrium is broken things spiral out of control and deterioration feeds upon itself. It won’t be 2100 before people start to die because of global warming; in fact, it's already started.
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Why go to all this trouble with subprimes, when all you really need to do is stick a few billion tons of methane in the atmosphere? It’s been tried before, it works, and it’s a lot less expensive. It was called the Permian Extinction.
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There is an ancient Chinese curse that says, "May you live in interesting times." Sometimes, it seems, the world must surely be damned, for these are definitely interesting times.
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Performing his renditions of a Strauss waltz and other selections, Mr. Methane has a unique ability to play music anally. And will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Methane can also be trapped in other forms, as with the bubbles here. U.S. Geological Survey
Warming permafrost softens coastlines, making it more vulnerable to wave action and promoting erosion along
the Arctic coast of Alaska. A large block of ice-rich permafrost has detached from the mainland and will quickly disintegrate
(photo: Christopher Arp). United Nations Environment Programme
Loss of the polar ice, the Earth's shield in protecting the planet from excessive warming is happening now. TheSyndicateInfo
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