TITLE

Belching rice

PUB. DATE
May 1991
SOURCE
New Scientist;5/18/91, Vol. 130 Issue 1769, p17
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on findings of joint studies by American and Chinese researchers which showed that methane discharged from rice paddies in China may contribute to the global warming. Amount of methane discharged from Chinese rice fields.
ACCESSION #
10491099

Tags: METHANE;  RICE;  GLOBAL warming

 

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