...A colorless, flammable, odorless greenhouse hydrocarbon gas that is the major component of natural gas, produced through anaerobic (without oxygen) decomposition...wastes, production and distribution of natural gas and petroleum, coal production, and incomplete fossil fuel combustion, with a 100-year global wanning potential...

...year, long enough to average out transients such as waves. See also sea-level rise. Methane (CH): A hydrocarbon that is a greenhouse gas produced through...natural gas and oil, coal production, and incomplete fossil-fuel combustion. Methane is one of the six greenhouse gases to be mitigated under the Kyoto...

...using statistical methods to combine the results of different independent studies. methane (CH4): A hydrocarbon that is a greenhouse gas produced through...animal digestion, decomposition of animal wastes, coal production, and incomplete fossilfuel combustion. It is one of the six gases to be mitigated under...

...gas, released to the atmosphere by anaerobic decomposition of waste in landfills, animal digestion and decomposition of animal wastes, production and distribution...production, and incomplete fossil fuel combustion. methane monitor Mining. an electronic instrument used to detect and measure the methane content of...

...gas, released to the atmosphere by anaerobic decomposition of waste in landfills, animal digestion and decomposition of animal wastes, production and distribution...production, and incomplete fossil fuel combustion. methane monitor Mining, an electronic instrument used to detect and measure the methane content of...