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Tag: methane

Tying Prehistoric Climate Change to Oceanic Methane
Climate Change

Tying Prehistoric Climate Change to Oceanic Methane

Scientists from Texas A&M use preserved microbial lipids to tie prehistoric climate change to widespread oceanic methane release.
April 13, 2022 Amanda Semler
First Report of Biologically Produced Elemental Carbon
Microbiology

First Report of Biologically Produced Elemental Carbon

Deep-sea microorganisms have been found to produce elemental carbon, although the biological reason remains unknown.
December 9, 2021December 10, 2021 Amanda Semler
Lunar Power Over Methane Emissions
Chemistry

Lunar Power Over Methane Emissions

Solid methane hydrates in the Arctic Ocean are slowly leaking methane into the atmosphere, and a team of scientists has…
January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Amanda Semler
A Seasonal “Freeze” on Arctic Methane Release
Climate Change

A Seasonal “Freeze” on Arctic Methane Release

According to new research from the Arctic University of Norway, current greenhouse gas budgets overestimate the amount of methane released…
March 30, 2020 Amanda Semler
Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ecology Genetics genomics Microbiology

Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments

How do microbes in lake sediments respond to small and large scale influences, and what does it have to do…
December 25, 2019December 26, 2019 Nyla Husain
Biogeochemistry Microbiology

Methane on the dinner menu

Bacteria in coastal waters can eat methane, a greenhouse gas - but just how much and how fast can they…
March 29, 2017 Michael Graw
Climate Change

More than cow burps: the many sources of methane

Methane is an important, and often forgotten, greenhouse gas. It comes from a variety of sources including wetlands, rice paddies,…
March 15, 2017March 15, 2017 Victoria Treadaway
technology

Double, double methane and trouble: Quantifying natural and man-made methane seeps

Researchers from Texas A&M and Woods Hole tested out a new, 3D camera system designed to look at deep sea…
May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 Eric Orenstein
Chemistry Geology

A Song of Ice, Fire, and Climate: Could Warming Seas Release Methane from Beneath the Seafloor?

In 2008, scientists were troubled to find methane bubbling up from marine sediments off the coast of a string of…
January 28, 2014August 26, 2015 Carrie McDonough

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