Posts Tagged ‘methane’
No signs of fracking fluids in Arkansas drinking water
DUKE (US) — Samples from drinking water wells show no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas. Continue…
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 16:18 - 2 Comments
Earth & Environment - May 13, 2013 12:05 - 1 Comment
Rock gas fuels ‘eternal flame’ behind waterfall
INDIANA U. (US) — Natural gas in underground rock layers can seep to the surface—sometimes in quantities abundant enough to produce “eternal flames.” (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 9, 2013 15:33 - 0 Comments
Volcanoes on early Mars likely kept it toasty
BROWN (US) —When giant volcanoes were active early in Mars’ history, the planet may have released enough methane to keep the planet significantly warmer than it is today. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 31, 2013 12:12 - 2 Comments
In Alaska, magnets detect permafrost melt
STANFORD (US) — Researchers are using Earth’s magnetic field to determine if the permafrost beneath lakes is thawing as a result of climate change. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 20, 2012 11:54 - 0 Comments
More than 3,000 natural gas leaks in Boston
BOSTON U. / DUKE (US) — Scientists have found 3,356 natural gas leaks—six of which with concentrations high enough to cause an explosion—under Boston’s streets. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 23, 2012 13:09 - 1 Comment
As heat rises, rice pumps out more methane
UC DAVIS (US) — More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, coupled with rising temperatures, is making rice agriculture a larger source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 27, 2012 15:34 - 2 Comments
Colonies of microbes make ‘clean’ methane
STANFORD / PENN STATE (US) — Researchers are raising colonies of microbes that turn electrical energy into pure methane—the key ingredient in natural gas. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 9, 2012 11:16 - 0 Comments
Saturn’s methane moon hides buried ocean
CORNELL (US) — Methane in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan was likely influenced by an ocean of water recently discovered 100 kilometers below the moon’s surface, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 10, 2012 17:02 - 0 Comments
Gulf ‘swirl’ key to recovery after oil spill
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new computer model shows how bacteria, topography, and water currents combined to remove methane and other chemicals from the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 5, 2012 12:17 - 6 Comments
Computer model explains Titan mystery
CALTECH (US) — A new computer model may explain the mysterious polar lakes, rainstorms, and clouds on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 10, 2011 15:46 - 0 Comments
Methane likely fueled Earth’s big warm-up
RICE (US) — New calculations suggest the release of massive amounts of carbon from methane hydrate frozen under the seafloor 56 million years ago likely led to a major climate shift on Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2011 11:41 - 0 Comments
Algorithm finds 300 crystals to store methane
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A new algorithm automatically generates and tests porous crystals to quickly find the most promising structure for natural gas storage out of millions of possibilities. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 23, 2011 17:46 - 0 Comments
Snow White’s an icy dwarf (planet)
CALTECH (US) — The red-tinged dwarf planet Snow White, once an environment awash in watery volcanoes, is now an icy world that astronomers believe may be covered by a thin layer of methane. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 9, 2011 11:12 - 4 Comments
Dung debate: Most methane from cows?
U. LEEDS (UK) — A compound in feces may be developed as a biomarker to estimate how much methane is produced by cows and other animals. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2011 11:43 - 2 Comments
Methane 17x higher in wells near fracking
DUKE (US) — Researchers found high levels of leaked methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites in Pennsylvania. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 25, 2011 11:43 - 3 Comments
Pressure makes hydrocarbons
UC DAVIS (US) — At deep Earth pressures and temperatures, longer hydrocarbons may form from the simplest one, the methane molecule. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 11, 2011 10:21 - 0 Comments
Freshwater adds to greenhouse equation
IOWA STATE (US) — Methane emissions from inland freshwater has been underestimated, according to a new study, that finds that greenhouse gas uptake by continents is less than previously thought. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 7, 2011 13:11 - 1 Comment
Methane levels near normal in Gulf
TEXAS A&M / UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Calling the results “extremely surprising,” researchers report that methane gas concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico have returned to near normal levels only months after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 27, 2010 14:58 - 0 Comments
Dash of oregano curbs cow burps
PENN STATE (US)—An oregano-based supplement appears to decrease cow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases. (more…)
