Aim: To understand how the capture of methane emitting from housed cattle and stored animal waste can be oxidized in soil.
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"POTENTIAL TO CAPTURE METHANE USING SOIL: A feasibility study is underway to test the practicality of capturing methane emitted from housed cattle and stored animal waste and injecting it in the soil for oxidation by methanotrophs. To date, results from the field trial have established that feeding methane at low concentrations (<120 ppm) for a short-period (6 weeks) does not achieve the methanotroph activity to enhance methane oxidation efficiency. However, feeding methane at high concentration (3600 ppm) for 8 weeks removed more than 95% of methane from the pasture soil."
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