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How much methane does an elephant produce? Elephants produce a lot of methane gas as a by-product of digestion. Scientists estimate that the amount of methane they emit in one day would be enough to power a car for 32km. Wild Asian elephant in Sri Lanka. © Tony C French/Getty ...
Bacteria lack the nucleus that cells in humans, animals and plants have, which means they're prokaryotic cells. ttsz/iStock/Thinkstock If a single bacterial cell isn't visible to the naked eye, how can we know so much about it? Scientists have developed powerful microscopes to magnify ...
So much so, the term “eco-anxiety” has been coined by doctors to describe a new psychological disorder where people worry (to an extreme) about the climate crisis. In the words of the young climate change activist Greta Thunberg, “I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be ...
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Ultimately, what really matters isn’t the amount of greenhouse gas emissions; what matters is the higher temperatures and their impact on humans. And on that front, a gas like methane is much worse than carbon dioxide. It drives the temperature up immediately, and by quite a bit. When you...
How much this feature will reduce pollution is the subject of debate. Some emissions systems work well at idle; others don't. Larger vehicles, including trucks and buses, as well as diesel engines, can produce more emissions at idle than when running. However, using less fuel means producing...
The need for energy has been growing over the years. This has been particularly true for developing countries. If we look at the world’s demand for energy, we will find that it has tripled in the past 50 years. While much of this demand is said to be put forward by the rapidly boo...
Research indicates that the U.S. oil and gas industry emits 16.9 million metric tons of methane every year, according to the International Energy Agency.3Some of this methane is inadvertently leaked through faulty equipment or deliberately vented into the atmosphere between extractions. The Environmen...