Prince Charles

We need to be realistic. There is very little we can do now to stop the ice from disappearing from the North Pole in the summer. And we probably cannot prevent the melting of the permafrost and the resulting release of methane. In addition, I fear that we may be too late to help the oceans maintain their ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

English Royalty

Thomas Friedman

Natural gas emits only half the carbon dioxide of coal when burned, but if methane leaks when oil companies extract it from the ground in a sloppy manner - methane is far more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide - it can wipe out all the advantages of natural gas over coal.

American Journalist

James Lovelock

Gas is almost a give-away in the U.S. at the moment. They've gone for fracking in a big way. This is what makes me very cross with the greens for trying to knock it... Let's be pragmatic and sensible and get Britain to switch everything to methane. We should be going mad on it.

English Scientist

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Meat production is one of the leading causes of climate change because of the destruction of the rainforest for grazing lands, the massive amounts of methane produced by farm animals and the huge amounts of water, grain and other resources required to feed animals.

Mark Walport

Of course methane is a fossil fuel, but as long as it is burned efficiently and fugitive emissions of methane gas are minimised, it is a less harmful fossil fuel than coal and oil and is an important way-station on the global journey towards low-carbon energy.

British Scientist

Michelle Lujan Grisham

With an investment in our state's energy infrastructure to capture methane, we will create jobs, increase revenue for our schools, and protect the health of workers and communities, all while reducing harmful emissions that are contributing to climate change.

American Politician

Ramez Naam

Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.

American Writer

Sylvia Earle

The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.

American Scientist

Ellen Stofan

Water-based life is very much an Earth-centric view, and we can push the envelope on that here in our own solar system. We have the methane seas of Titan.

Josh Fox

When you can light your water on fire due to methane contamination in your ground water, what else can you do but laugh?

American Director

Methane is often mentioned when talking about domestic energy and utility services.

Home Uses

In industrial contexts, methane is commonly referred to as a primary fuel source for various processes.

Industrial Fuel

Though naturally odorless, a smell is added to methane for safety so leaks can be detected.

Odor Added

Methane is a term often used when discussing climate change due to its effect on the atmosphere.

Climate Impact

When learning about farming, you'll see methane mentioned as a byproduct of livestock digestion.

Agricultural Source

Landfills are important in methane discussions, as they release methane during organic waste decomposition.

Waste Decomposition

 or from all the world's planes, trains and automobiles. Most agricultural emissions come from tropical deforestation, methane from animals and rice fields, and nitrous oxide from over-fertilizing. There is nothing we do that transforms the world more than agriculture. And there's nothing we do that is more crucial to our survival. Here's the dilemma

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 you respond to someone who says that that can't be a healthy way to go really there are three issues that come up the amount of methane put out by livestock whether or not carbon can be absorbed in the vast grassland soils of the world that are our grain producing source

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 It has helped to understand the past climate of Mars and its evolution, but also its habitability potential. Our most recent rover on Mars has discovered traces of organics. Yeah, there are organics at the surface of Mars. And it also discovered traces of methane.

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 is a worldwide ocean of ices made of water, ammonia, and methane, the chemical behind the planet's cool blue color. This icy composition prevents Uranus from emitting much heat compared to other planets, making the blue world the solar system's coldest.

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 carbon dioxide, and methane. Almost all oxygen was locked up in molecules like water, not floating around in the air. The oceans were populated by anaerobic microbes. Those are simple, unicellular life forms that thrive without oxygen

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 which contains a world of possibilities. This small slice of air is composed of numerous small particles including pollen, fungal spores, and liquid droplets, alongside trace gases like methane and carbon dioxide.

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 anywhere on earth that we find liquid water and other sources of nutrients and energy we find life so we're studying bubbles of methane that are coming out of the Earth's crust in the deep sea

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 there are places all over the world where methane is coming out of the seafloor this is kind of concerning because methane is a very strong greenhouse gas we think a lot about carbon dioxide

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 Elements and compounds essential to life include hydrogen, methane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, phosphates, and ammonia. In order for these ingredients to comingle and react with each other,

The mysterious origins...

 long as it would usually and it stinks to high heaven up there when you take your mask off you get this overpowering smell of methane and ammonia