Roughly two-thirds of all atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, comes from methanogens. Tracking down which methanogens in which environment produce methane with a specific isotope signature ...
Inside every cow’s stomach lives a teeming world of single-celled organisms, and one of them has been hiding a secret. A ...
Scientists have unveiled a breakthrough way to turn natural gas—long burned as fuel—into valuable chemical building blocks for medicines and other high-demand products. By designing a clever ...
Cows are famous for belching methane, a heat-trapping gas that’s contributing to climate change. A single animal can burp 220 pounds of the gas in just one year. What’s more, methane is 28 times more ...