Scientists have discovered that methane trapped under Svalbard’s permafrost can escape, risking a warming cycle. Frequent methane accumulations found in wellbore studies highlight the potential…
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New research reveals that fire-ice, or frozen methane which is trapped as a solid under our oceans, is at risk of melting due to climate…
Scientists have developed a novel photocatalyst system for efficient syngas production from methane steam reforming, using solar energy and operating under atmospheric pressure. This technology…
An artist’s rendering of the warm exoplanet WASP-80 b whose color may appear bluish to human eyes due to the lack of high-altitude clouds and…
Flaring, in which excess natural gas is intentionally burned into the air, is one way methane is released from oil and gas facilities. NASA’s EMIT…
A section of sediment core material from Wax Lips Lake in northern Greenland from a study where ancient aquatic plant fossils revealed that past warming…
Researchers have determined that ponds, both natural and man-made, might be net emitters of greenhouse gases, specifically methane. By examining carbon burial rates and greenhouse…
Annual mean near-surface air temperature response to methane, decomposed into shortwave effects only. Credit: Robert Allen/UCR Impacts of potent greenhouse gas: a bit lower than…
Ice worms inhabiting methane hydrate. Credit: NOAA New findings reveal that deep-sea methane deposits are converting into gas at a higher rate than previously observed…
The hydrogen economy could increase levels of atmospheric methane. Credit: Bumper DeJesus Research conducted by Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association suggests…
Illustration of Fsr’s catalytic site where sulfite gets reduced to sulfide. The siroheme (in pink) that binds and converts the sulfite is embedded in a…
“Nanowires” produced by Geobacter in response to an electric field applied to electricity-producing biofilms. These nanowires are composed of cytochrome OmcZ and show 1000-fold higher…
Methane from the waste sector makes up about 20% of human-caused methane emissions. A new project from a nonprofit group, Carbon Mapper, will use NASA…
Artist’s conception of an M dwarf planetary system, where methyl bromide is more likely to be detected. Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech An airborne chemical sends a distinctive…
A digital illustration inspired by methane-eating archaea and the Borgs that assimilate them. Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab A newly discovered type of transferrable DNADNA, or…
Following unusual seismic disturbances last week in the Baltic Sea, several leaks were discovered in the underwater Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, near…
The conversion occurred at room temperature and pressure, which could allow methane, a potent greenhouse gas, to be utilized to make fuel. The new method converts methane…
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural…
Artist’s concept of microbial energy generation. Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria. In a new publication, microbiologists…