PLANTS GRAB CONTROL OF THE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE.

The article reports that German researchers have identified ordinary plants as emitter of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in 2005. Geochemist Frank Keppler and his colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics investigated the origin of huge clouds of methane above forested areas detected by European Space Agency's ENVISAT satellite. They placed a variety of plants in test chambers and filled the rooms with methane-free air and were amazed to see chemical sensors in file room quickly begin detecting methane.