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To: koan who wrote (42494)8/26/2013 8:01:09 PM
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Wetland trees produce more methane than expected

By Adam Redling on February 17, 2013


Researchers at The Open University and the Universities of Bristol and Oxford have discovered that wetland trees are a more significant source of atmospheric methane than previously thought, according to a University of Bristol press release.

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is potentially harmful to humans because of its propensity to trap heat in the atmosphere.

Researchers worked in a Borneo swamp to monitor the sources of the gas by placing detection chambers on the ground and by enclosing tree stems in the chambers.

It was previously believed that ground-released methane was responsible for the majority of wetland emissions; however, the resulting data showed that about 80 percent of methane emissions stemmed from trees.

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