News Stories relating to "methane"

Cow belches and farts are a major source of greenhouse gases that affect climate change even more than vehicle emissions. A new type of cattle feed that is supplemented with oregano, developed by a dairy scientist, could help reduce cow gas emissions by 40%. It also improves milk production.

PhysOrg.com quotes its inventor, Alexander...

Major cause of global warming - Infrared cameras have revealed major methane leaks in gas wells in eastern Texas. In the October 15th editions of the New York Times, Andrew C. Revkin and Clifford Krauss quote environmentalist Terry Gosney, who took the infrared photos, as saying, "Holy smoke, it's blowing like mad. It does look...

The methane frozen in the ocean floor is a global warming time bomb. There may have been small leaks before, but now scientists say melting Arctic glaciers are releasing huge amounts of this potent gas into the atmosphere.

In BBC News, Judith Burns quotes researcher Tim Minshull as saying, "We already knew there was some methane hydrate...

Researchers have discovered that millions of tons of methane (a gas that is 20 times worse than CO2 when it comes to global warming) are being released into the atmosphere RIGHT NOW as the permafrost melts in the Arctic.

In the Tuesday, September 23 edition of the Independent, Steve Connor writes, "Underground stores of methane are...

The level of methane?one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases?rose last year, after being stable for a decade, and researchers now think these emissions are coming from wetlands around the melting Arctic region. A Canadian expedition to the Arctic has found "vast cracks," stretching for over 10 miles, in the ice cap there.

In BBC News...

Scientists know that in the distant past, huge amounts of methane were somehow released from the ocean floor, which lead to an extreme case of global warming. Could this happen again? If it does, we may be able to use a newly-discovered sea creature to mop up the methane.

In New Scientist, Catherine Brahic writes about the discovery of...

On January 8, a powerful odor of escaping gas blanketed much of southern New Jersey and New York. It was strong enough to cause buildings to be shut down, and for all emergency services in the area to be swamped with 911 calls. It may have been a phenomenon linked to global warming.