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A 2022 volcano eruption in Pacific may have vented a new weapon to fight climate changeA 2022 volcanic eruption unexpectedly revealed a powerful methane destruction mechanism in the stratosphere. Researchers observed high form...
‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
Old coal mines are hiding a clean energy secret, and this one town just figured it outThe former coal-mining town of Cumberland is becoming a powerful example of how abandoned fossil-fuel infrastructure can be repurposed for ...
Reliance, Essar top bidders for coal-based methane gas exploration blocksThe bidding frenzy for coal-bed methane blocks heats up as Reliance Industries and the Essar Group step into the ring. The Directorate Gene...
Beneath the Greenland Sea, Frozen Methane Towers Hide an Entire Ecosystem: How Do Creatures Survive Here?Scientists discovered towering methane ice structures and a thriving ecosystem at Molloy Ridge in the Greenland Sea. These deep-sea formati...
Greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere hit record high in 2021: WMO"The increase in carbon dioxide levels from 2020 to 2021 was larger than the average annual growth rate over the last decade. Measurements ...
UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the UN weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “om...
UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021Of the three main types of heat-trapping greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - the biggest jump from 2020 to 2021 ...
Oil and gas methane emissions could be solved this decade, experts sayCurrently, oil and gas extraction, processing and distribution is responsible for 23% of global methane emissions, according to a 2021 asse...
StringBio raises $20 million in Series B funding round; partners with Woodside Energy TechnologiesThe investment in this technology is an example of the energy and biotechnology sectors working toward a more sustainable future, advancing...
Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin an excellent source of methane fuel: StudyThe study, accepted for publishing in the journal 'Marine genomics', says methane is a clean and economical fuel and it is estimated that “...
Coal India exploration arm to implement CBM projectsA memorandum of agreement was recently signed by the consultancy arm with subsidiaries, Bharat Coking Coals and Eastern Coal Fields for dev...
IIT-Madras scientists create 'space fuel' in labIIT Madras researchers formed hydrates in vacuum, one thousand billion times below the atmospheric pressure called ultra-high vacuum (UHV) ...
Coal India may invite global firms to extract coal bed methaneIn 2004, the company received funding from UNDP Global Environment Fund and the Centre to set up a pilot project in Jharkhand’s Moonidih co...
CIL to extract methane before mining coalIn order to avoid fatalities at deposits with high concentration of such gas, the practice has been to puncture these seams and inject air ...
Scientists create new super-low density type of iceThe advance will help remove pipe-blocking clathrates from natural gas and thereby improve the energy efficiency of extraction, researchers...
SAIL in talks with ONGC to jointly explore coal-bed methaneSAIL is in talks with ONGC to jointly explore coal-bed methane in coal blocks allocated to the steel major for captive consumption.
- 12 dead, 10 missing in US mine blast
An explosion rocked a remote coal mine with a history of safety problems, killing 12 workers and trapping 10 others thousands of feet under...
- ArcelorMittal mine collapse in Kazakhstan, traps 5 workers
Rescuers raced against time to save five workers trapped in a Kazakh coal mine after an accident Monday, officials said.
- ArcelorMittal mine collapse in Kazakhstan traps 5 workers
Rescuers raced against time to save five workers trapped in a Kazakh coal mine after an accident on Monday, officials said.