Cable bacteria can drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation
Monday, April 20, 2020 - 14:41
in Earth & Climate
The rice fields account for five percent of global emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, which is 25 times stronger than CO2. Researchers have found that cable bacteria could be an important part of the solution. In the laboratory, they have grown rice in soil with and without cable bacteria, and the pots with cable bacteria emitted 93% less methane than the pots without cable bacteria.