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Abstract A molecule of methane is nearly 30 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide is. Because of methanogens in ruminants and rice fields, agriculture is a large source of methane, double that coming from fossil fuels, but the recent rise in methane is thought to be due to wetl...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780197688564.003.0007 2024-10-13T14:04:54+00:00 Natural Gas Kirchman, David L. 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197688564.003.0007 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/58157771/oso-9780197688564-chapter-7.pdf en eng Oxford University PressNew York Microbes page 108-129 ISBN 019768856X 9780197688564 9780197688595 book-chapter 2024 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197688564.003.0007 2024-09-17T04:26:21Z Abstract A molecule of methane is nearly 30 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide is. Because of methanogens in ruminants and rice fields, agriculture is a large source of methane, double that coming from fossil fuels, but the recent rise in methane is thought to be due to wetlands and global warming–induced changes in the hydrological cycle. Methane emissions would be even higher if not for degradation by aerobic methanotrophic bacteria and anaerobic microbial symbioses. Methane emissions from the Arctic could increase as global warming continues. One concern is the melting of methane hydrates, which may house five times more methane than what is in known natural gas reserves. Thawing of permafrost in the Arctic now releases more carbon dioxide than methane, but that could change with abrupt thawing. More so than for carbon dioxide, what microbes do is essential for understanding methane and its contribution to climate change. Book Part Arctic Climate change Global warming permafrost Oxford University Press Arctic 108 129 |
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Abstract A molecule of methane is nearly 30 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide is. Because of methanogens in ruminants and rice fields, agriculture is a large source of methane, double that coming from fossil fuels, but the recent rise in methane is thought to be due to wetlands and global warming–induced changes in the hydrological cycle. Methane emissions would be even higher if not for degradation by aerobic methanotrophic bacteria and anaerobic microbial symbioses. Methane emissions from the Arctic could increase as global warming continues. One concern is the melting of methane hydrates, which may house five times more methane than what is in known natural gas reserves. Thawing of permafrost in the Arctic now releases more carbon dioxide than methane, but that could change with abrupt thawing. More so than for carbon dioxide, what microbes do is essential for understanding methane and its contribution to climate change. |
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