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methane

[meth-ayn, mee-thayn] / ˈmɛθ eɪn, ˈmi θeɪn /
NOUN
marsh gas
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The findings, published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, challenge previous research suggesting that climate change is generally reducing the ability of forest soils to absorb methane.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Forest soils are playing a surprisingly powerful role in removing methane from the atmosphere, and new findings suggest that certain effects of climate change could make them even better at it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

By monitoring how gas concentrations changed inside these chambers, the researchers could determine whether the soil was absorbing methane and calculate how much was being removed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

However, the German study suggests that the relationship between climate change and methane uptake is more complicated than those overall trends indicate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Ultraviolet light from the sun converts methane to more complex hydrocarbon molecules and hydrogen gas.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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