这些温室气体大多是以甲烷的形式存在,甲烷是一种特别强力的温室气体,是由牛羊肠道里的微生物生产出来的,最终被排放到大气中。
Much of this comes in the form of methane - an especially potent greenhouse gas - produced by microbes in the guts of grazers such as cattle and sheep, and eventually belched out to the atmosphere.
新发现微生物碳泵可以提供一种新的从大气中抽取二氧化碳的方式,这些方式从来都被认为对应对气候变化来讲是必要的。
The newly discovered microbial carbon pump could provide a novel way to extract CO2 from the atmosphere, should that ever be deemed necessary to combat climate change.
在海洋上层200米左右的水体中,有些死亡或排泄物质在微生物的作用下转变为二氧化碳,并重新进入大气层。
In the top 200 metres or so of the sea, some dead or faecal matter is turned back into CO2 by microbes and may then re-enter the atmosphere.
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