A simple molecule in the atmosphere that acts as a "detergent" to breakdown methane and other greenhouse gases has been found to recycle itself to maintain a steady global presence in the face of rising emissions, according ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2018
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Scientists investigating how human-induced increases in atmospheric methane also increase the amount of solar energy absorbed by that gas in our climate system have discovered that this absorption is 10 times stronger over ...
Environment
Sep 26, 2018
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New data from the Mars Science Laboratory demonstrating the presence of methane presents novel challenges to explain how it was formed and what it suggests about the potential for life to exist or be supported on Mars. A ...
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2018
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A study of drinking water in Appalachian Ohio found no evidence of natural gas contamination from recent oil and gas drilling.
Environment
May 19, 2018
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Scientists have directly measured the increasing greenhouse effect of methane at the Earth's surface for the first time. A research team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2018
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As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other new giant telescopes come online they will need novel strategies to look for evidence of life on other planets. A University of Washington study has found a simple approach to ...
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2018
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Ocean sediments are a massive storehouse for the potent greenhouse gas methane.
Environment
Jan 17, 2018
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A new NASA-led study has solved a puzzle involving the recent rise in atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, with a new calculation of emissions from global fires. The new study resolves what looked like irreconcilable ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2018
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The amount of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere is once again increasing rapidly after a period of stagnation through 2007. The cause of this recent increase is the subject of heated scientific debate. Scenarios ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2017
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A study of a Lake Erie wetland suggests that scientists have vastly underestimated the number of places methane-producing microbes can survive—and, as a result, today's global climate models may be misjudging the amount ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2017
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