Scientists discover methane-producing microbes in California rocks

Scientists discover methane-producing microbes in California rocks Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2016 - Deep in vents on the ocean floor, methane-producing microbes feed off chemical reactions between water and rock. Now evidence of this process has been found on land in a freshwater spring in California. A team of scientists report in a new study that they have found evidence of hardy, methane-producing microbes in water that surfaces from deep underground at The Cedars, a set of freshwater sprin ... more

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