marsh gas

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This ‘marsh gas’ is methane, a greenhouse gas that is some 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

From Nature

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

It was subject to continual leaks and floods, and suffused with fetid marsh gases that would periodically combust, ignited by the gas lamps that lit the tunnel.

From The New Yorker

Air Force determined it was all related to “marsh gas” or “swamp gas.”

From Washington Times

They include a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the planet and a sensor to track methane or marsh gas - a possible sign of life.

From BBC