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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: GOV.UK - Methane: general information. | Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Phosphate scarcity governs methane production in the global open ocean. | May 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Science - Why methane matters. | Mar 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - Methane Formation Efficiency on Icy Grains: Role of Adsorption States (PDF). | Dec 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - sp³ Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Methane. | Aug 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Food Waste and Methane: What's the Connection? | Nov 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UN Environment Programme - Facts about Methane. | Jun 21, 2024 | ||
| Noted that concentrations of atmospheric methane had reached 1908.61 ppb by 2022. | Jan 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Explore - Methane Matters. | Sep 09, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Oct 29, 2021 | ||
| Noted the preindustrial atmospheric methane concentration, the atmospheric methane concentration in 2020, and the annual rate of increase since 2007. | May 29, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 05, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 24, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Environemtal Defense Fund - Methane: The Other Important Greenhouse Gas. | Oct 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Livestrong.com - What Are the Dangers of Methane Gas? | Oct 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy.gov - Methane Hydrate. | Oct 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - Methane. | Oct 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Center for Biological Diversity - Methane. | Oct 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Centre for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Methane Medicine: A Rising Star Gas with Powerful Anti-Inflammation, Antioxidant, and Antiapoptosis Properties. | Oct 18, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | May 13, 2016 | ||
| Restructured article and added information on the role of methane as a greenhouse gas. | Apr 30, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - How to Detect Methane. | Jan 16, 2014 | ||
| Added diagram of the methane cycle. | May 26, 2010 | ||
| New illustration added. | Jan 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Methane hydrates. | Sep 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Methane. | Sep 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: GreenHouse Gas Online - Methane. | Jan 18, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Methane Hydrate. |
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Nov 13, 2006 | |
| Article revised. | Feb 08, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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