MIT scientists are establishing a system for decreasing emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas at dairy farms and other websites.
WEBWIRE — Monday, April 22, 2024
Moooving the needle on methane
Methane traps far more heat per pound than co2, making it an effective factor to environment modification. Methane emission elimination is the fastest method that we can make sure instant outcomes for lowered international warming, states Audrey Parker, a graduate trainee in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Parker and other scientists in the Methane Emission Removal Project are establishing a driver that can transform methane to co2. They are working to establish systems that would minimize methane in the air at dairy farms, which are significant emitters of the gas. In general, farming practices and waste generation are accountable for about 28 percent of the worlds methane emissions.
If we do our task actually well, within the next 5 years, we will have the ability to decrease the operating temperature level of this driver in such a way that is net useful to the environment and possibly even financially incentivized for the farmer and for society, states Desire Plata, an associate teacher of civil and ecological engineering who leads the Methane Emission Removal Project.
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