SOIL MICROBES EAT UP METHANE: GAS RELEASED FROM THAWING ICE WILL HAVE ‘MINIMAL’ IMPACT ON CLIMATE

Methane, a greenhouse gas frozen by the megatons in Earth’s melting ice, holds the potential to dramatically turn up the thermostat for the planet. But new research shows that a bacterial hero from Earth’s soils and seas will keep the thawing gas at bay.