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Methane and climate change / edited by Dave Reay, Pete Smith, and André van Amstel.

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"Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and is estimated to be responsible for approximately one-fifth of man-made global warming. Per kilogram, it is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon -- and global warming is likely to enhance methane release from a number o...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Reay, Dave, 1972-, Smith, Peter, 1965 April 16-, Amstel, André van
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
Subjects:
Atmospheric methane > Environmental aspects.
Methane > Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Atmospheric methane > Environmental aspects
Climatic changes
Methane > Environmental aspects
Table of Contents:
  • Methane sources and the global methane budget / Dave Reay, Pete Smith and Andre van Amstel
  • The microbiology of methanogenesis / Alfons J.M. Stams and Caroline M. Plugge
  • Wetlands / Torben R. Christensen
  • Geological methane / Giuseppe Etiope
  • Termites / David E. Bignell
  • Vegetation / Andy Mcleod and Frank Keppler
  • Biomass burning / Joel S. Levine
  • Rice cultivation / Franz Conen, Keith A. Smith and Kazuyuki Yagi
  • Ruminants / Francis M. Kelliher and Harry Clark
  • Wastewater and manure / Miriam H.A. van Eekert, Hendrik Jan van Dooren, Marjo Lexmond and Grietje Zeeman
  • Landfills / Jean E. Bogner and Kurt Spokas
  • Fossil energy and ventilation air methane / Richard Mattus and Åke Källstrand
  • Options for methane control / Andre van Amstel
  • Summary / Andre van Amstel, Dave Reay, and Pete Smith.

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