Science news articles about 'methane production'

  • University of Hawaii researchers discover new pathway for methane production in the oceans

    ... communities turn on and off their methane production genes, in response to the methane precursors, like methylphosphonate ... Foundation (NSF) agrees. "This remarkable discovery about methane production where we thought there would be none ...
  • Special feed halves methane production

    ... garlic but nitrate and sulphate that reduces methane production in the stomachs of cows and sheep. If their feed contains a small percentage of these substances the amount of this powerful ...
  • New insight into biochemical methane production

    ... Microbiology in Marburg have gained insight into microbiological methane production by explaining the structure of the enzyme Frh ... the binding site for a coenzyme that is involved in other steps in the methane production process. A detailed understanding of the structure ...
  • Target: Ocean Methane

    ... for methane formation in the oceans has been discovered, with significant potential for advancing our understanding of greenhouse gas production ... how and when microbes turn on and off their methane production genes in response to methane precursors like methylphosphonate ...
  • Putting a green cap on garbage dumps

    ... of a landfill, a process known as 'Phytocapping', could reduce the production and release of these gases, according to Australian scientists writing ... option for many Australian landfills that do not reach the methane production threshold to enable efficiency. Hence ...
  • Discovery of methane reveals Mars is not a dead planet

    ... for isotopes of hydrogen and carbon if life was responsible for methane production. It will take future missions, like NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, to discover the origin ...
  • Fish oils reduce greenhouse gas emissions from flatulent cows

    ... influenced by changes in diet and relating them to methane production could bring about a more targeted approach to reducing ... on the number of animals in animal production due to their methane production but with a reduction in methane levels through ...
  • Did a nickel famine trigger the 'Great Oxidation Event'?

    ... of nickel would have severely cut back methane production." What caused the drop in nickel? The researchers point to geologic changes that were occurring during ...
  • Researchers find way to cut cattle methane, threat to environment, by 25 percent

    ... a way to lessen the environmental footprint of their cattle production and methane reductions in the order of 25 per ... studies, the researchers compiled an extensive database of methane production values measured on cattle and were able ...
  • Nickel isotope may be methane producing microbe biomarker

    ... in the laboratory, controlling their habitat and recording their rate of methane production. Archaea are single cell microorganisms similar to bacteria but with different evolutionary histories and biochemical ...
  • Rampant helper syndrome

    ... . In terms of chemistry, this is no mean feat. Methane production is currently one of the most hotly pursued goals ... energy. It is also a serious greenhouse gas. Enzymatic methane production involves the tiny molecule deazaflavin ...
  • Stressed crops emit more methane than thought

    ... has been focused on carbon dioxide but more recently it has been realized that methane should also be considered as a very significant greenhouse ... of increased carbon dioxide with factors such as drought, higher temperature and UVB on methane production in crops ...
  • International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic

    ... gradients and biological and thermal methane production. Large deposits of methane hydrates, frozen mixtures ... in the sediment and in the water column. Study the contribution of methane to the benthic and pelagic carbon cycling. The expedition ...
  • Study gives green light to plants’ role in global warming

    ... for less than one per cent of the Earth's emissions of methane –which is considered to be about 25 times more effective than carbon ... have been much higher. Future research will examine methane production from parts of plants other than leaves, and the amount ...
  • Cedars-Sinai researchers find link between methane productions and obesity

    ... ., is the first in humans to show a link between the presence of methane-producing bacteria in the gut and elevated BMI ... and 60 were given a breath test to determine if methane was present. About 20 percent of those patients tested ...

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