marsh gas

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The simplest of these is methane, or marsh gas, which is formed in nature by the bacterial decomposition of organic matter under water.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

Are these pans as lethal as marsh gas?

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2011

Newton's muted trumpet line hovers in the air like marsh gas; White's minor piano chords walk the listener towards the fateful spot; then, at last, there's Holiday.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2011

Those compounds probably include methane derivatives and possibly methane itself�a finding that could be significant because methane, or "marsh gas,"* is produced on earth by anaerobic bacteria, which do not require oxygen to exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

The simplest of these is methane, or marsh gas, formed in nature by the bacterial decomposition of organic matter under water.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson