MEPS reaction chamber (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

MEPS reaction chamber

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The researchers built a reaction chamber and devised a method that simulates and greatly accelerates methane's natural degradation process.

They dubbed the method the Methane Eradication Photochemical System (MEPS) and it degrades methane 100 million times faster than in nature.

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Michael Skov Jensen, SCIENCE/KU

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