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.

Researchers in Canada have discovered a previously unknown bacteria capable of converting food waste into renewable natural gas which opens new opportunities for carbon-neutral fuel production. The ...

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 ...

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A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life forms make to our climate system, and how we can work with them to address ...

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, ...