Production of methane by methanogenic archaea, or methanogens, in the rumen of ruminants is a thermodynamic necessity for microbial conversion of feed to volatile fatty acids, which are essential ...

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

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The biggest challenge to limiting climate change to 2°C, the upper target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is this: methane ...

Manure from the cows owned by dairy farmer Raymond Goggin produces about 1,000 tonnes of slurry every winter, and this year's ...

Mar. 18, 2025 — A significant amount of the milk used in a popular cooking cheese can be substituted with plants, all while maintaining its taste and texture. Researchers have demonstrated this ...

蛇纹石化作用发生时，水与纯橄榄岩等超基性岩石相互作用，产生氢气（H 2 ），这些氢气成为了氢营养型产甲烷菌（hydrogenotrophic methanogens）的能量来源，它们利用这些能量，将二氧化碳（CO 2 ）转化为甲烷（CH 4 ），这一过程在地球的生物地球化学循环中起着至 ...