272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 twenty-five times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon – and global warming is likely to enhance methane release from a number of sources. Current natural and man-made sources include many where methane-producing... Read more
1. Methane Sources and the Global Methane Budget
2. The Microbiology of Methanogenesis
3. Wetlands
4. Geological Methane
5. Termites
6. Vegetation
7. Biomass Burning
8. Rice Cultivation
9. Ruminants
10. Wastewater and Manure
11. Landfill
12. Fossil Energy and Ventilation Air Methane
13. Options for Methane Control
14. Summary
Index
Biography
Dave Reay is a senior lecturer in Carbon Management in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of several climate change books and runs the Greenhouse Gas Online web site, which has won several awards. Pete Smith is the Royal Society-Wolfson Professor of Soils & Global Change, in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Andre van Amstel is Assistant Professor in the Dept. Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
'This book takes a unique and powerful approach to the global methane problem. The organization by the key sources (termites, rice, ruminants etc.) illustrates the global nature of the challenge and directly points the way to novel solutions.' Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, USA
