Methane and Climate Change

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, contributing to approximately one-fifth of man-made global warming. It is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide per kilogram over a 100-year time span. The release of methane is expected to increase due to global warming, stemming from various natural and man-made sources. These sources include environments where methane-producing micro-organisms thrive in anaerobic conditions, such as ruminant livestock, rice cultivation, landfill, wastewater, wetlands, and marine sediments.

This comprehensive book offers a balanced overview of our current understanding of methane sources and how they can be managed to mitigate future climate change. It explains the anaerobic metabolism of micro-organisms in wetlands, rice fields, manure, landfill, wastewater, and the digestive systems of ruminant animals as the origins of methane. The book also discusses how climate change can impact methane sources and emphasizes the potential for addressing point sources of methane to significantly contribute to climate change mitigation in the 21st century.

• Editor: Smith, Pete
• Editor: Reay, David
• Editor: Van Amstel, Andre
• Publisher: Routledge
• Illustration: n
• Language: ENG
• Title: Methane and Climate Change
• Pages: 00272 (Unencrypted) / 00272 (Encrypted)
• On Sale: 2010-08-12
• SKU-13/ISBN: 9781844078233
• Category: Science : Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology