Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiny methane-eating microbes could fight climate change and produce fuels, protein, and biodegradable plastics from waste gas.

Methane-eating microbes could help convert one of the most powerful greenhouse gases into useful products such as animal feed, biodegradable plastics, and cleaner fuels, according to a new scientific ...

Male sea spider carrying egg cases preserved in osmium tetroxide. Credit: Shana K. Goffredi A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders ...

Dormant oil wells may leak methane at rates up to 1,000 times higher than expected, with microbes fueling emissions long ...

Methane eating microbes could help turn a powerful greenhouse gas into everyday products like animal feed, green plastics, and cleaner fuels, according to a new scientific review of fast moving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Methane is a menace to Earth’s climate, but to tiny spiders in the pitch-black depths of the ocean, it’s fuel for life. In a ...

When Leluo Guan peers inside a cow's stomach, she sees more than microbes—she sees an opportunity to cut methane emissions from cattle and improve profits for beef and dairy farmers. Cattle are ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden ally in the fight against climate change and air pollution: the microscopic communities living on tree bark. Far from being an inert shield, bark turns out to be a ...

In the soils of Earth's wetlands, microbes are in a tug-of-war to produce and consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane. But if the Earth gets too hot, it could tip the scale in favor of the methane ...

Trees are known for capturing carbon dioxide as they grow. But they also soak up other gases implicated in climate change through microbes in their bark. The tree bark microbes feast on hydrogen, ...

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term. Yet much of the world’s methane escapes into the air from landfills, farms, ...

When Leluo Guan peers inside a cow’s stomach, she sees more than microbes – she sees an opportunity to cut methane emissions from cattle and improve profits for beef and dairy farmers. Cattle are ...