Methane-Eating Microorganisms: A Solution to Climate Change?
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 06:51
in Earth & Climate
Imagine tiny bubbles of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — rising from the ocean floor, escaping into the atmosphere, playing havoc in heating up the planet and contributing to global warming and climate change. Yet certain rocks on the depths of the ocean floor host an interesting microbiological community, where microscopic organisms, or microbes, […]