Sentences with phrase «by methane rather»

«By studying Saturn's moon Titan, which although being an icy moon can be considered something like the Solar System's rocky planets, we have discovered rainstorms produced by methane rather than water, and we have found that Titan's meteorology has things in common with Earth's tropics,» said Del Genio.

Not exact matches

They determined a material with less than 90 percent carbon and enhanced by oxygen, rather than nitrogen or sulfur, worked best for both carbon capture and methane selectivity, especially for materials activated at temperatures approaching 800 degrees Celsius.

By studying the planet's infrared glow, the astronomers discovered that its air abounds with the carbon - bearing molecules carbon monoxide and methane, implying that the planet could have carbide (a compound of carbon and metal) rather than silicate in its interior.

The new modeling work, led by Tetsuya Tokano of the University of Cologne, Germany, shows that the same processes could be at work on Titan as well, except that it is methane rather than water that evaporates from the seas.

And now new research indicates that the structures are not human - made at all, rather they are natural formations sculpted by the breakdown of methane gas within the ocean floor — millions of years before civilization.

A June 2017 study by the Center for Arctic, Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) concluded those unexpected methane blasts, rather than gradual releases, are a big problem.

Wow, that's an interesting scientific approach to a new phenomenon, assuming that it's unique (there are now two other examples, by the way) assuming that the emissions were of gaseous methane under pressure rather than solid methane hydrate continuing to dissociate, assuming no methane flows in from surrounding areas, and so on.

By basing the levy on emissions rather than carbon all greenhouse gases stand on a common level, sequestration is strongly encouraged as well as such simple things as capturing methane from oil wells and garbage dumps (that gets built into the cost of disposal).

Because the carbon that stimulates methane production is primarily dissolved organic carbon carried downward through the peat by rainwater rather than the solid - phase carbon that forms peat, this change in transport depth doubled the peak production zones for methane.

It is important to note that the amount of methane liberated by these initial eruption events is likely rather small — when considered on the global scale.

However, new research led by Princeton University researchers and published in The ISME Journal in August suggests that, thanks to methane - hungry bacteria, the majority of Arctic soil might actually be able to absorb methane from the atmosphere rather than release it.

But for natural gas to truly play a bridging role, guardrails will need to be in place, for example, by ensuring that natural gas displaces coal generation (rather than merely adding to it) and supporting other measures like carbon pricing, methane regulations, and renewable portfolio standards (Lazarus et al. 2015).

These costs remain the same irrespective of whether the methane emission is delayed by up to 20 years, kicking in at 2035 rather than 2015, or stretched out over two or three decades, rather than one.

BTW, I wonder about how the methane release paper you linked to has been impacted by the rather sudden change in atmospheric methane growth rate (near zero)... that seems not to have been anticipated, AFAIK.

Since methane clathrates are stable at a higher temperature than liquefied natural gas (LNG)(− 20 vs − 162 °C), there is some interest in converting natural gas into clathrates rather than liquifying it when transporting it by seagoing vessels.

It's counterproductive, except to make money by releasing the methane for sure, rather than leave the strata alone and focus the money and effort on non-carbon infrastructure and conservation as fast as possible.

Published last week in the journal Science, researchers from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) found that the majority of methane released into the atmosphere since 2006 was produced by bacteria, pointing to sources like agriculture — rather than sources like fossil fuel production or the burning of organic material — as the culprit behind the increase in methane levels.