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From Waste to Wealth: Researchers will Transform Anaerobic Digestion

Written on October 30, 2019.

Oct. 30, 2019 – Every year, a staggering amount of organic waste including uneaten food, yard clippings and manure is dumped into landfills, occupying precious land while producing methane and other gases that pollute the atmosphere. For a multi-institutional team of engineers, this 115 million tons of waste represents not a calamity, but an opportunity – to turn that waste into wealth. The team is led by engineers at Colorado State University and includes two researchers from the...

After 2 Studies, Methane Puzzle Persists

Written on August 12, 2011.

Joanna M. Foster, The New York Times One climate-science conundrum, two research teams, two independent approaches, two seemingly conflicting conclusions. The unsolved mystery, or perhaps now, twice-solved mystery: Why did atmospheric methane levels, steadily on the rise since record-keeping began, abruptly level off and stabilize in the last three decades? Methane, which is primarily found deep within the earth and deep within the guts of microbes, is one of the most potent greenhouse...