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Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soils

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Trace Gas Emissions and Plants

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Methane is a greenhouse gas contributing about 19% to the enhanced greenhouse effect (IPCC, 1994). Anthropogenic activities, such as rice cultivation, animal production, fossil fuel burning and waste management have resulted in a dramatic increase of the atmospheric CH4 concentration during the last 200 years. Its actual concentration is 1.72 ppmv, currently increasing at a rate of 0.6–0.8% per year (Houghton et al.,1996).

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Boeckx, P., Van Cleemput, O. (2000). Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soils. In: Singh, S.N. (eds) Trace Gas Emissions and Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3571-1_9

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