Process Used By Microbes To Make Greenhouse Gases Uncovered

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 09:28 in Earth & Climate

Researchers here now have a picture of a key molecule that lets microbes produce carbon dioxide and methane -- the two greenhouse gases associated with global warming. The findings relate to organisms called methanogens and are explained in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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