News articles tagged with 'methane'
Volatile gas could turn Rwandan lake into a freshwater time bomb
— 17 Nov 2009 15:19 | EnvironmentA dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo... — full story
Energy-saving powder
— 12 Nov 2009 08:28 | ChemistryIt is currently estimated that natural gas resources will be exhausted in 130 years; however, those reserves where extraction is cost-effective will only flow for another 60 years or... — full story
New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of oil and gas
— 5 Nov 2009 10:58 | ChemistryScientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the... — full story
Researchers make key step towards turning methane gas into liquid fuel
— 23 Oct 2009 11:35 | ChemistryResearchers at the University of Washington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have taken an important step in converting methane gas to a liquid, potentially making... — full story
Caltech researchers reveal unexpected sources of nitrogen fixation
— 18 Oct 2009 11:43 | EnvironmentResearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have identified an unexpected metabolic ability within a symbiotic community of microorganisms that may help solve a... — full story
Arctic now traps 25 percent of world's carbon - but that could change
— 16 Oct 2009 09:25 | EnvironmentThe arctic could potentially alter the Earth's climate by becoming a possible source of global atmospheric carbon dioxide. The arctic now traps or absorbs up to 25 percent of this gas... — full story
Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink
— 15 Oct 2009 09:51 | EnvironmentIn a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, ecologists estimate that Arctic lands and oceans are responsible for up to 25 percent of the global net sink of atmospheric carbon... — full story
Methane gas likely spewing into the oceans through vents in sea floor
— 3 Sep 2009 12:18 | EnvironmentScientists worry that rising global temperatures accompanied by melting permafrost in arctic regions will initiate the release of underground methane into the atmosphere. Once released,... — full story
Stressed crops emit more methane than thought
— 18 Aug 2009 13:08 | BiologyScientists at the University of Calgary have found that methane emission by plants could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought... — full story
Mars, methane and mysteries
— 11 Aug 2009 10:46 | AstronomyMars may not be as dormant as scientists once thought. The 2004 discovery of methane means that either there is life on Mars, or that volcanic activity continues to generate heat below... — full story