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Methane-eating Microbes Can Use Iron And Manganese Oxides To 'Breathe'

Iron and manganese compounds, in addition to sulfate, may play an important role in converting methane to carbon dioxide ...  > full story

Beyond Carbon Dioxide: Growing Importance Of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) In Climate Warming

Some of the substances that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer could increasingly contribute to climate ...  > full story

Explosive Growth Of Life On Earth Fueled By Early Greening Of Planet

Earth's 4.5-billion-year history is filled with several turning points but one of the biggest is the Cambrian explosion of life, ...  > full story

Arctic Climate Under Greenhouse Conditions In The Late Cretaceous

New evidence for ice-free summers with intermittent winter sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the Late Cretaceous -- a period of greenhouse conditions -- ...  > full story
 

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