methane
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Water is less volatile than methane or carbon dioxide, which means its gas production shuts down more quickly as the comet cools.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Imports from countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, for example, have a methane intensity four times higher than Pennsylvania-produced natural gas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Tools such as CalEnviroScreen or PSE’s methane risk map can help people locate pollution sources, toxic facilities and other threats in their area.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
"When we compared the spectra during the transit to the baseline, we saw that the atmosphere blocked the wavelengths of starlight absorbed by methane," Bello-Arufe said.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
When Earth was only about a third of its eventual size, it was probably already beginning to form an atmosphere, mostly of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, methane, and sulfur.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing methane
Global Climate Change - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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The Carbon Cycle
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