Gold catalyst helps transform methane into methanol, acetic acid

While some researchers are proposing the idea of using a platinum catalyst to keep methane out of the atmosphere, a group of British, Chinese and American scientists demonstrated, for the first time, the direct conversion of methane into methanol and acetic acid using a gold catalyst. In a paper published in the journal Nature Catalysis,

Methane regulations were one victory of the Glasgow climate talks. What comes next?

This year’s global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, came with the usual sense of anticlimax: lots of lofty rhetoric, too little action. But world leaders made at least one meaningful pledge. More than 100 nations, including the United States, committed to reducing methane emissions by 30% by the end of decade. This commitment is a