METHANE OXIDATION IN THREE ALBERTA SOILS: INFLUENCE OF SOIL PARAMETERS AND METHANE FLUX RATES

摘要

Current concern over the potentially negative impacts of climate change has brought attention to anthropogenic sources of methane, a primary greenhouse gas. Two such emission sources are methane leakage at heavy oil wells and sanitary landfills. At both of these sources, substantial quantities of methane could potentially be oxidised by methanotrophic microbes living in soils.