methane

The summer science campaign at RMOTC, held June 20-26, was designed to measure methane abundances released at different rates using three airborne instruments on four separate aircraft.

The briquette samples made by crushed raw coal collected from the mining work face were taken as research objects; the diffusion characteristics of methane when methane pressure is not fixed are studied under fixed triaxial compressive stress state.

Previous studies have suggested the methane may not be evenly distributed in the atmosphere around Mars, but instead appear in localised and very temporary pockets on the planet's surface.

The concentration of methane in the atmosphere is currently around two-and-half times greater than pre-industrial levels and increasing steadily.

Scientists are excited by the discovery because microbial life is an important source of methane on Earth - and could be a sign of microbes living on Mars in the last few hundred years.

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Now an international team of experts have compared observations from two separate spacecraft, taken just one day apart in 2013, to find independent proof of methane on our neighbouring planet.

The presence of methane has long been a point of contention among Mars experts (AFP Photo/HO)

In 2013, the Mars Express spacecraft detected methane near Gale Crater on Mars.

This enigma involves methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- The Greenland Ice Sheet emits tons of methane according to a new study, showing that subglacial biological activity impacts the atmosphere far more than previously thought.