silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agoThe Very Hungry Microbes That Could, Just Maybe, Cool the Planet | They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkThe Very Hungry Microbes That Could, Just Maybe, Cool the Planet | They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
Mostly reminds me of this article about how zany ideas mostly are an indicator that we’re no the wrong track
minus-squareDogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoDon’t methanotrophs convert methane into CO2? Also they mention a bacteria that can eat CO2. That sounds more important. I wonder if it’s only a cyanobacteria.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoProbably just another example of photosynthesis, yeah.
Don’t methanotrophs convert methane into CO2?
Also they mention a bacteria that can eat CO2. That sounds more important. I wonder if it’s only a cyanobacteria.
Probably just another example of photosynthesis, yeah.