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Nature 439, 128 (12 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439128a; Published online 11 January 2006
Methane finding baffles scientists
Quirin Schiermeier
The startling discovery that terrestrial plants produce the greenhouse gas methane is sending scientists in two disciplines, not to mention a few politicians, back to the drawing board.The newly revealed methane emissions have taken plant physiologists by surprise, because far more energy is required to create methane than, say, carbon dioxide in an oxygenated environment.
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