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Deep-sea worms and bacteria team up to harvest methane
- layoutIfNeeded 7y agoReminds me of The Swarm by Frank Schätzing.
- Torwald 7y agoor also "The Invinvible" by Stanislaw Lem, published in 1964. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invincible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invincible https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Schwarm#Verhältnis_zu_Werken_anderer_Autoren https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Schwarm#Verhältnis_zu_Werk...
- hutzlibu 7y agoSo we should watch out for the canaries and the whales then ..
- numtel 7y agoIt's not just worms in the wild, there are a range of companies growing and harvesting these same bacteria for feeding fish and livestock. It seems to just be a cultural hurdle keeping them from becoming an ingredient in our own food. See this article from 2016 about Calysta of Menlo Park and Unibio of Denmark: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112298-food-made-from-natural-gas-will-soon-feed-farm-animals-and-us/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112298-food-made-from-...
- Gravityloss 7y agoWe're more indirectly already eating methane as it's the source of hydrogen, for making nitrogen fertilizers out of thin air. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process