The Environment Agency has published its Methane Action Plan for 2024 to 2026, setting out how it will reduce methane emissions in England. The Agency will use our powers as an environmental regulator and share knowledge and good practice to reduce methane emissions in the UK and internationally. This plan has 3 main objectives: improve […]
Monitoring has shown that summer levels of dissolved oxygen in lakes are declining. New analysis reveals that this is probably due to effects of global warming, and will be detrimental for aquatic species and potentially methane emissions. The level of dissolved oxygen is a determining factor in various aspects of aquatic ecosystems, influencing its quality […]
Freshwaters are underestimated sources of greenhouse gases. In a study published in Science of The Total Environment, researchers with the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have now shown that even dry water bodies can release considerable amounts of methane. An overview of the causes and magnitudes of methane emissions from freshwaters and […]
COP26 Forests & Land-use agreement https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cop26-world-leaders-summit-on-action-on-forests-and-land-use-2-november-2021/world-leaders-summit-on-action-on-forests-and-land-use COP26 Methane agreement Methane Agreement At COP26, more than 100 countries commit to reducing methane emissions US and EU leaders launch pledge at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. COP26 Finance Day – Mark Carney & Rishi Sunak (Business Green) Rishi Sunak touts mandatory plans to help make UK […]
Feeding cows seaweed could cut their methane emissions by 82%, scientists say. Researchers found cows belched out 82% less methane after putting small amount of seaweed in their feed for five months. Cows produce methane via microbes in their stomachs as they digest their fibrous. Feeding seaweed to cows is a viable long-term method to […]
During expeditions to oil and gas reservoirs in the central North Sea in 2012 and 2013, scientists of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) discovered that methane bubbles emerged from the seabed around abandoned wells. The gas originates from shallow gas pockets, which lie less than 1000 meters deep below the seafloor […]
It is now being recognised that feeding grazing animals seaweeds can substantially reduce their methane emissions. An example reported by the BBC of a flock of sheep on Orkney that only eat seaweed is now being in used by scientists to better understand the physiology and processes at work. Click here to read more. This […]
A friend, Richard Hanes, who works for Bloomberg (see below) told me about this article showing that the methane produced by cows could be reduced by 99% by eating a red algal supplement. Click here to read more The issue of dealing with methane from cattle in relation to climate change is huge and one […]