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Limiting greenhouse gas emissions

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Limiting greenhouse gas emissions

Landcare Research has been investigating means of reducing the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Landcare scientist Kevin Tate, working with the Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen, is investigating the role of methane-absorbing bacteria in minimising emissions from farmed soils.

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Ross Galbreath, Agricultural and horticultural research – Plant & Food Research, Landcare and NIWA, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19674/limiting-greenhouse-gas-emissions (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ross Galbreath, published 1 March 2009.