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Abstract(s)
Methane (CH4), a highly reduced C1 compound, is one of the long-lived atmospheric gases with
high global warming potential i.e., 28–36 times that of CO2 over 100 years. The atmospheric levels
of CH4 reached ∼1863 part per billions (ppb) in 2014, and annual increase of atmospheric CH4
level thereafter measured as ∼10 ppb. The CH4 is projected to drive the rise in global temperature
of ∼4–6◦C by 2050, and thus it is currently considered as the main target for global climate
stabilization and mitigation (COP-21, 2015). Capturing anthropogenic CH4 to produce value
products is highly feasible, but the great challenge is that to tap, concentrate, purify, store, transport,
and utilize the CH4 from different point emission sources is presently not economically viable.
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Keywords
Methane Electron transfer Methanotrophs Bioreactor Value addition and sustainability
Citation
Kalyuzhnaya, M. G., Kumaresan, D., Heimann, K., Caetano, N. S., Visvanathan, C., & Parthiba Karthikeyan, O. (2020). Editorial: Methane: A bioresource for fuel and biomolecules. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8 doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00009
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Frontiers