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methane

[meth-ayn, mee-thayn] / ˈmɛθ eɪn, ˈmi θeɪn /
NOUN
marsh gas
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Elon Musk's company will use 41 methane gas turbines to help power the site, which activists say could "significantly increase" local air pollution, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Rivan says the cost of the methane it is making at that site is below benchmark natural-gas prices in Europe, which currently sit around 90 euros, or roughly $100, a megawatt hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Their findings revealed an unexpected trend: under certain climate conditions that could become more common in the future, forest soils can actually increase the amount of methane they remove from the atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Combining these methods gave the scientists a detailed picture of methane uptake across the forest sites and how it responded to changing environmental conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

It was the microbes that created methane—the farts—and methane was a greenhouse gas that trapped heat inside the atmosphere, making the earth hotter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz


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