News articles tagged with 'methane' (Page 2)
Busy microbial world discovered in deepest ocean crust ever explored
— 20 Nov 2010 10:49 | EnvironmentThe first study to ever explore biological activity in the deepest layer of ocean crust has found bacteria with a remarkable range of capabilities, including eating hydrocarbons and…
Microbes may consume far more oil-spill waste than earlier thought
— 22 Oct 2010 16:49 | EnvironmentMicrobes living at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico may consume far more of the gaseous waste from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill than previously thought, according to research carried…
Reservoirs: A neglected source of methane emissions
— 11 Oct 2010 11:00 | EnvironmentSubstantial amounts of the greenhouse gas methane are released not only from large tropical reservoirs but also from run-of-the-river reservoirs in Switzerland, especially in the summer,…
Martian methane lasts less than a year
— 21 Sep 2010 12:48 | AstronomyMethane in the atmosphere of Mars lasts less than a year, according to a study by Italian scientists. Sergio Fonti (Universita del Salento) and Giuseppe Marzo (NASA Ames) have used…
Unusual feed supplement could ease greenhouse gassy cows
— 8 Sep 2010 13:32 | EnvironmentCow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases, could be decreased by an unusual feed supplement developed by a Penn State dairy scientist…
'Dry water' could make a big splash commercially
— 26 Aug 2010 07:46 | ChemistryAn unusual substance known as 'dry water,' which resembles powdered sugar, could provide a new way to absorb and store carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas that contributes to global…
Deep plumes of oil could cause dead zones in the Gulf
— 20 Aug 2010 09:57 | EnvironmentA new simulation of oil and methane leaked into the Gulf of Mexico suggests that deep hypoxic zones or 'dead zones' could form near the source of the pollution. The research investigates…
Planted, unplanted man-made wetlands are similar at year 15, and function as effective carbon sinks
— 7 Aug 2010 08:58 | EnvironmentA 15-year experiment in an outdoor 'laboratory' on Ohio State University's campus shows that naturally colonising wetlands can offer just as many, if not more, ecological services as…
Stanford engineers use rocket science to make wastewater treatment sustainable
— 28 Jul 2010 11:33 | EnvironmentWithin the sludge of wastewater treatment plants is an invisible world teeming with microbes. Here, diverse species of bacteria convert solid and liquid wastes into gases, some of which…
Caltech scientists measure changing lake depths on Titan
— 15 Jul 2010 15:09 | AstronomyOn Earth, lake levels rise and fall with the seasons and with longer-term climate changes, as precipitation, evaporation, and runoff add and remove liquid. Now, for the first time,…