Methane
Type: Concept
Greenhouse gas produced in flooded rice paddies by microbes decomposing plant matter.
Field: Environmental science / Microbiology
Domain: Environment
Mentioned in 1 podcast episode
Who brought it up
- Rice is Nice | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW on Stuff You Should Know
You're also going to have a lot of microbes in there feeding off of decaying plant matter, and that's going to create a lot of methane.