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Trees are biggest methane 'vents' in wetland areas: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 6 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems - with significant emissions occurring even when the ground is not flooded.
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Reduced meat diet has several advantages: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Animals convert only a small portion of the fed calories into meat. Ruminants also produce methane, which further accelerates global warming, suggests recent study findings.
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Study suggests reduced meat diet has several advantages
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Globally, food is responsible for a quarter of human greenhouse gas emissions. A large part of this is due to livestock farming. Animals convert only a small portion of the fed calories into the meat. Ruminants also produce methane, which further accelerate
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Number of injured in methane blasts at Siberian mine rises to 96
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kemerovo [Siberia], November 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of those injured in methane explosions at the Listvyazhnaya mine in Siberia's Kemerovo Region has risen to 96, a spokesman for the emergency services told Sputnik.
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Methane burst at mine in Kazakhstan results in 6 dead, 2 injured
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], November 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Six miners were killed and two sustained injuries in a methane eruption at a mine in the Karaganda Region in Kazakhstan, the country's emergency service said on Sunday.
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4 killed in Coal mine blast in Colombia
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], August 25 (ANI/Xinhua): A methane gas explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia left at least four people dead, another injured and seven miners trapped underground on Tuesday, authorities said.
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1 miner killed, another injured during methane leak in Russia's Kemerovo r
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kemerovo [Russia], June 19 (ANI/Sputnik): One miner has been killed and another one was injured as a result of methane leak and rockfalls in a mine in Russia's Kemerovo Region, the Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday, adding that nearly 140 people had been evacuated.
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Melting of ice sheets rapidly increase methane in environment, study affir
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], April 30 (ANI): Melting of the Arctic ice sheets caused rapid methane release from the ocean floor during the last two deglaciations, according to a new study led by scientists at The University of Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway.
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Car explosion kills one, injures another in Uzbekistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A compressed methane gas tank installed in a car has exploded, killing a man and injuring another at a gas station in southern Uzbekistan's Qashqadaryo Region, the Uzbek Emergency Ministry said on Thursday.
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Human alterations to aquatic ecosystems increase methane emissions
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 11 (ANI): Atmospheric methane has tripled since pre-industrial times. It traps heat far more effectively than carbon dioxide and accounts for 25 per cent of atmospheric warming to date, and much of that methane is coming from aquatic ecosystems, with human activities c
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Aquatic ecosystems source of half of global methane emissions: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): Direct human alterations to natural aquatic ecosystems can increase methane emissions, a new study has found.
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New Zealand boosts space technology cooperation with Germany
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand's aerospace industry is getting a boost through cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which is expected to improve its capability and potentially lead to joint space missions, New Zealand's Minister of Research, Scienc
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