Sunday, May 27, 2007

Rice Fields


One of the most causes of global warming is rice fields. Rice agriculture is a big source of atmosphere methane and it is the second leading gas responsible for green house effects for 20% of global warming.

How is Methane produced from rice plants? When rice plant’s do photosynthesis, it absorbs carbon from air atmosphere. Some carbon enters in the soil from the roots of rice plant. When carbon in the soil there is also Hydrogen. Carbon with hydrogen convert, to methane by bacteria in the soil.

As we increase fields of rice the production of methane is increasing and this is not good for global warming.

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