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Geotimes June 2006 Katie Unger |
Ancient Methane-Makers Researchers extracted methane gas from hydrothermal dikes in Western Australia and say that microbes produced the gas, which is evidence of some of Earth's earliest life.  |
Geotimes November 2004 Dickens & Pinsker |
Methane Hydrate and Abrupt Climate Change Conceivably, we live in a world with an enormous amount of gas hydrate and free gas that affects climate and global systems over time  |
Geotimes October 2005 Lisa M. Pinsker |
Feuding Over the Origins of Fossil Fuels The so-called inorganic or abiogenic oil idea has been getting more attention lately. With oil more expensive than ever and many people citing future shortages, understanding the origins of petroleum is increasingly relevant.  |
Geotimes January 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Plant Methane Surprises Climate Scientists Atmospheric scientists have long blamed cattle and microbes for the production of significant amounts of methane on Earth. But the discovery of a new large source of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, is putting trees on the hot seat.  |
Chemistry World July 10, 2009 James Urquhart |
Wider menu for methane-eating microbes Marine dwelling microbes that consume methane for energy and produce carbon dioxide may do so by using a larger array of oxidants than previously thought. This may offer insight into the possibility of extraterrestrial life on methane rich bodies like Mars.  |
Geotimes November 2004 Jay Chapman |
Taking the Fossil Out of Fuels New research is expanding the range of the formation of fossil fuels.  |
Geotimes October 2006 |
Geocatastrophes Catastrophe and Opportunity in an Ancient Hot-House Climate... When the Mediterranean Dried Up: Forensics of a Geocatastrophe... The Great Death: Redefining a Mass Extinction...  |
Chemistry World January 31, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Ocean Hydrocarbons Made From Rocks Researchers investigating 60-meter high carbonate chimneys in the Atlantic Ocean have discovered that hydrocarbons seeping out from the vents don't come from a biological source such as bacteria, plants or animal matter.  |
Chemistry World April 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
'Nickel famine' caused ancient oxygen rise A crucial increase in atmospheric oxygen that occurred around 2.4 billion years ago could have been triggered by a shortage of nickel in the oceans, according to Canadian researchers.  |
Geotimes August 2004 Megan Sever |
The Missing Methane Link Researchers working in Azerbaijan have quantified one of the missing methane emitters -- mud volcanoes.  |
Chemistry World February 11, 2011 Philippa Ross |
Breakthrough for bacterial hydrogen production Scientists in China have developed a device that can produce hydrogen from organic materials using bacteria at temperatures below 25 degrees Celsius.  |
Geotimes April 2006 Megan Sever |
Undersea Methane Not to Blame New research is indicating that for at least three abrupt warming periods over the past 40,000 years, the warming was accompanied by, but not caused by, an increase in methane, and the methane increase was from the land, not the sea.  |
Geotimes December 2006 |
Top Climate News Stories of 2006 A new public face for climate change... Strong debate over storms... Thawing ice shifts water cycles... Methane climate menagerie... etc.  |
Geotimes December 2006 Megan Sever |
Methane Budget to Become Off-Balance Methane packs a big punch in the atmosphere. A team of climate scientists now says that it has better determined the primary controls over the methane budget over the past two decades, and the team offers a warning for the future: methane emissions will likely rise.  |
Chemistry World November 9, 2012 Laura Howes |
No methane on Mars, says Curiosity The idea that there was life on Mars has been dealt a blow after analysis of the planet's atmosphere found little to no methane.  |
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt |
Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.  |
Chemistry World August 31, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
'Ocean methane paradox' solved? Numerical simulation of methane production by methanogenic microorganisms suggests that up to 400 billion tonnes of methane could be sitting under the ice. If the ice sheet collapses due to a warming climate, this could release the gas, which in turn would increase warming, the researchers say.  |
Popular Mechanics November 2009 |
Methane Maps Step One for Energy Prospectors A recent discovery indicates there may be more of the gas being released and from deeper areas of the Arctic seabed than expected.  |
Geotimes March 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Titanic Methane Mystery Solved? The case of the elusive source of methane on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could soon come to a close, some astronomers say. A new model suggests that instead of storage within surface lakes or an ocean, methane lies inside an icy crust and periodic changes release it into the atmosphere.  |
Chemistry World August 5, 2009 James Urquhart |
Martian methane breaks the rules Variations in methane concentration across Mars defy our current understanding of methane photochemistry, say French scientists.  |
Chemistry World January 23, 2008 Michael Gross |
Turning Gas Into Fuel Cheaply Researchers in Japan have developed a fuel cell that can convert methane, the main component of natural gas, into methanol, a useful fuel, at moderate temperatures.  |
Geotimes February 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Titanic Methane Rivers Without evidence for methane-producing life, the leading hypothesis remains that Titan's visible volcanoes tap into an underground methane reservoir and bring it to the surface.  |
Geotimes January 2005 Sara Pratt |
Acid Rain Curbs Global Warming In an odd twist that highlights the complex nature of interactions between Earth's systems, researchers have found that acid rain is significantly suppressing the global emission of methane from wetlands.  |
Chemistry World April 27, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Scientists Clash Over Methane Mystery The startling claim that trees could be responsible for putting millions of tons of methane into the atmosphere every year was published last year in the prestigious journal Nature. But that has now been rubbished by rival researchers who report that plants emit virtually no methane whatsoever.  |
Chemistry World June 2, 2011 James Urquhart |
Methane activation by organometallic reagent US scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a metal-carbon multiple bond complex can activate methane.  |
Popular Mechanics May 1, 2009 Andrew Moseman |
Ice Sculptures for Science: Chain Saws, Pickaxes, Methane Hydrates and Climate Change One of the greatest unknowns regarding the future pace of climate change involves a source of greenhouse gases we can't even see, let alone control.  |
Chemistry World September 19, 2013 Emily James |
Lanthanide munching bacteria found in volcanoes Scientists in the Netherlands have obtained the first evidence of a lifeform dependant on rare earth metals. The work may lead to the discovery of other previously unknown lifeforms and could advance rare earth bio-mining.  |
Chemistry World August 23, 2006 Tom Westgate |
Frozen Fuel Find Rewrites Rule Book Earth scientists are revising their ideas about natural gas hydrates after discovering that large deposits of the water and methane mixture can form at surprisingly shallow depths below the sea floor.  |
Chemistry World February 11, 2013 Philip Ball |
A (chemical) potential theory of life's origin This theory says that life arose at hydrothermal vents, not merely because these provide heat and the ingredients for making complex organics but because they create sustained gradients of ion concentration.  |
Chemistry World August 1, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Whirling Dust Devils Bust Martian Methane Snow storms of hydrogen peroxide might sound like an easy way to go platinum blonde, but their existence on Mars could help solve the conundrum about levels of methane gas in the martian atmosphere.  |
Chemistry World August 29, 2006 Jessica Ebert |
Life in a CO2 Lake A microbial community able to survive in the sediments overlying a deep-sea liquid CO 2 lake could serve as a natural laboratory for studying the impacts of deep-sea CO 2 storage on marine life, report scientists.  |
Popular Mechanics April 2006 Barbara Maynard |
Fire in Ice Natural gas locked up in methane hydrates could be the world's next great energy source -- if engineers can figure out how to extract it safely.  |
Technology Research News December 31, 2003 |
Micro fuel cell runs cool Researchers have made a tiny methane fuel cell that works at 60 degrees Celsius. They have also shown that the fuel cell can use high concentration methanol to increase its operating time.  |
Chemistry World October 8, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Molecular Snapshots Show Hydrate Growth US researchers have gleaned new insights into the formation of methane-rich hydrates found in the deep ocean.  |
Chemistry World August 28, 2007 Tom Westgate |
Repairing DNA Could Let Frozen Bacteria Survive for Millennia An international team of scientists believe they have strong evidence that bacteria trapped in permafrost are able to survive for hundreds of thousands of years by repairing their DNA.  |
Geotimes July 2005 Kathryn Hansen |
Titanic Lake? Cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft recently recorded a surface feature on Titan, Saturn's largest moon that looks remarkably lake-like.  |
Chemistry World January 11, 2007 Victoria Gill |
How to Survive at 400 Degrees C Certain deep-sea residents manage to survive their searingly hot, toxic habitat by making their own food. Chemists in the US have now identified the molecules that make this possible.  |
Scientific American April 2005 Mark Alpert |
Strange New World Piercing the haze, Huygens gets a view of Titan's surface.  |
Chemistry World May 20, 2014 Rachel Purser-Lowman |
Microbes reduce coal's carbon footprint Scientists in Canada are investigating the microbial conversion of coal into methane, to find a way that coal, especially low grade unmineable coal, can be used in order to minimize its environmental impact.  |
Chemistry World July 27, 2009 James Urquhart |
From methane to liquid gold The world's supplies of oil may be larger than we think - or at least that is what researchers from the US, Russia and Sweden are speculating now they have shown that hydrocarbons can be formed in the mantle from methane.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Robert Zubrin |
How to Go to Mars--Right Now! Human exploration of Mars doesn't need to wait for advanced rockets, giant spaceships, or lunar base stations  |
Chemistry World August 20, 2008 |
Grasslands Emit Greenhouse Gas Chinese researchers have found further evidence that plants emit significant quantities of methane - a potent greenhouse gas. But the latest findings also show that methane emissions depend not just on the species of plant, but the conditions in which they are growing.  |
Chemistry World June 9, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Super sponges soak up gas Researchers in the US have shown that a recently discovered class of compound based on light elements can store gas at least as efficiently as the most promising metal organic framework candidates.  |
Chemistry World August 2, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
If everything is chemistry then I need to do chemistry Cafer Yavuz is a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon. His groups design and make new materials from oxide and organic building blocks to offer sustainable solutions for energy and environmental issues.  |
Chemistry World April 28, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
New catalyst means cheap hydrogen from power stations A new catalyst system could improve the efficiency of gas-fired power stations by producing hydrogen gas as a by-product, say Dutch researchers.  |
Chemistry World April 23, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Wetlands caused ancient methane belch Air trapped in ancient ice has revealed the likely source of the sudden spike in atmospheric methane concentrations that occurred at the end of the last ice age  |
Chemistry World July 29, 2010 Carol Stanier |
Methane all lined up Swiss researchers have found that the way methane molecules vibrate when they hit a nickel surface can have a huge effect on their reactivity.  |
Geotimes August 2005 Megan Sever |
Icy Methane Volcano on Titan New images taken by the Cassini spacecraft during a flyby of Saturn's largest satellite are now revealing what researchers think is evidence of a large volcano on Titan that could be erupting methane.  |
Geotimes November 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Methane Burps Below the Ice Methane bubbles frozen in the ice of a Siberian lake offer a visible target to scientists seeking to estimate how much methane the lakes emit, now estimated at as much as five times higher than previously thought.  |
Chemistry World November 6, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
Double reactor makes hydrogen and syngas Two chemical reactions key to producing future fuels can be linked together in a single membrane-based reactor to increase their efficiency, say Chinese chemists.  |