عنوان

Methane and climate change /

(Number (ISBN

1849775095

(Number (ISBN

9781849775090

Erroneous ISBN

184407823X

Erroneous ISBN

9781844078233

Number

b759344

Title Proper

Methane and climate change /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Dave Reay, Pete Smith, and André van Amstel.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Washington, DC :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Earthscan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (261 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Methane sources and the global methane budget / Dave Reay, Pete Smith and Andre van Amstel -- The microbiology of methanogenesis / Alfons J.M. Stams and Caroline M. Plugge -- Wetlands / Torben R. Christensen -- Geological methane / Giuseppe Etiope -- Termites / David E. Bignell -- Vegetation / Andy Mcleod and Frank Keppler -- Biomass burning / Joel S. Levine -- Rice cultivation / Franz Conen, Keith A. Smith and Kazuyuki Yagi -- Ruminants / Francis M. Kelliher and Harry Clark -- Wastewater and manure / Miriam H.A. van Eekert, Hendrik Jan van Dooren, Marjo Lexmond and Grietje Zeeman -- Landfills / Jean E. Bogner and Kurt Spokas -- Fossil energy and ventilation air methane / Richard Mattus and Åke Källstrand -- Options for methane control / Andre van Amstel -- Summary / Andre van Amstel, Dave Reay, and Pete Smith.

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Text of Note

"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 25 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 micro-organisms can thrive in anaerobic conditions, particularly ruminant livestock, rice cultivation, landfill, wastewater, wetlands and marine sediments. This timely and authoritative book provides the only comprehensive and balanced overview of our current knowledge of sources of methane and how these might be controlled to limit future climate change. It describes how methane is derived from the anaerobic metabolism of micro-organisms, whether in wetlands or rice fields, manure, landfill or wastewater, or the digestive systems of cattle and other ruminant animals. It highlights how sources of methane might themselves be affected by climate change. It is shown how numerous point sources of methane have the potential to be more easily addressed than sources of carbon dioxide and therefore contribute significantly to climate change mitigation in the 21st century."--Publisher's description.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

MIL

Stock Number

272646

Title

Methane and climate change.

International Standard Book Number

9781844078233

Atmospheric methane-- Environmental aspects.

Climatic changes.

Methane-- Environmental aspects.

Atmospheric methane-- Environmental aspects.

Changement climatique.

Climatic changes.

Effets sur l'environnement.

Klimaänderung

Methan

Methane-- Environmental aspects.

Méthane.

NATURE-- Weather.

SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Meteorology & Climatology.

NAT-- 036000

RBP, RNPG

SCI-- 042000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Amstel, André van.

Reay, Dave,1972-

Smith, Peter,1965 April 16-

Date of Transaction

20201204191235.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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