methane
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The primary component of natural gas is methane, which, when burned, releases CO2 -- the leading greenhouse gas responsible for global warming.
From Barron's
However the increase in concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- "to their highest level in at least 800,000 years" has "upset this equilibrium", the WMO said.
From Barron's
Ultrasour gas is used to produce petrochemical feedstock and methane for heating and cooking.
If farmers can figure out, for example, that a certain breed of cattle releases more methane when it consumes a particular kind of feed, they could change the feed to cut down on the methane.
The organism is a methane producing member of a group of microbes known as Archaea.
From Science Daily
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